What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied by WCAB panel on March 22, 2021, adopting and incorporating the WCJ's report and reasoning.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by Defendant on January 19, 2021, seeking relief from WCJ's finding of jurisdiction to issue an award for new and further disability.
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 WCAB found no abuse of discretion in the WCJ's decision not to dismiss the petition for lack of verification, noting no evidence applicant received notice of the defect and that dismissal is discretionary.
From the decision · page 1We have considered the allegations of the Petition for Reconsideration 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 stated in the WCJ's report, which we adopt and incorporate, we will deny reconsideration.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.