What the panel ordered
The WCAB granted reconsideration, rescinded the WCJ's Amended Findings and Award, and substituted findings deferring the calculation of permanent disability indemnity and attorney's fees pending the California Supreme Court's decisions in Brodie and Welcher.
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 deferred the issue of how to calculate the permanent disability indemnity after apportionment due to conflicting appellate decisions and pending California Supreme Court review in Brodie and Welcher.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
There is conflicting appellate authority on the proper method to calculate permanent disability indemnity after apportionment, with pending California Supreme Court review in Brodie and Welcher.
Favours neutral
This conflict and pending review led the WCAB to defer the calculation issue to promote judicial economy and uniformity.