What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision after reconsideration deferred pending further review.
Petition for Reconsideration granted by the Appeals Board, with final decision deferred pending further review of the merits and entire record.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The Appeals Board granted the Petition for Reconsideration and deferred the final decision pending further review of the merits and the entire record.
From the decision · page 6For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that PCI's Petition for Reconsideration of the Findings, Award, and Order issued on May 30, 2024 by a workers' compensation administrative law judge is GRANTED.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ denied payment for subpoenaed records from prior attorney's file on the basis that the subpoena was not issued to prove or disprove a medical-legal dispute.