What the panel ordered
The Petition for Reconsideration filed by defendant is denied.
Defendant filed a Petition for Removal challenging an interlocutory finding/order regarding the necessity of an additional QME panel in internal medicine; the WCJ's decision included a threshold issue making it a final order subject to reconsideration rather than removal.
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 WCJ's decision included a threshold issue making it a final order subject to reconsideration rather than removal, and the petitioner failed to show significant prejudice or irreparable harm to justify removal.
From the decision · page 1We have considered the allegations of defendant's Petition for Removal and the contents of the report of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record and for the reasons discussed below, we will deny the Petition as one seeking reconsideration.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.