What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal denied by the Appeals Board panel.
Petition for Removal filed by defendant in response to WCJ order at Mandatory Settlement Conference taking matter off calendar over defendant's objection.
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.
Petitioner failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm from the WCJ order or that reconsideration would be inadequate, so removal was denied.
From the decision · page 1We have considered the allegations of the 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 based upon the WCJ's analysis of the merits of petitioner's arguments in the WCJ's report, we will deny removal.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
WCJ order at Mandatory Settlement Conference took matter off calendar over defendant's objection.