What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is DENIED.
Defendant, City of Sacramento, filed a timely and verified Petition for Reconsideration from the Joint Findings of Fact and Order with Opinion on Decision, issued on May 23, 2022.
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.
AOE/COEApplicant prevailedheart · circulatory system
The defendant City of Sacramento failed to overcome the presumption of industrial injury because they did not prove the cause of the sarcoidosis was non-industrial, and the cause of sarcoidosis is unknown to science, so the presumption stands.
From the decision · page 9Applicant alleged a presumptive heart injury against City of Sacramento. By stipulation of the parties, applicant qualifies for a presumption of compensability per Labor Code, section 3212.5, and it is City of Sacramento's burden to overcome the presumption.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.