What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration denied.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Award dated March 24, 2025, which found injury AOE/COE and deferred other issues for record development.
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 findings on threshold issues, making it a final order subject to reconsideration, but defendant only challenged interlocutory orders, so the removal standard applied. Defendant did not show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, nor that reconsideration would be inadequate.
From the decision · page 4The WCJ's decision here includes findings of injury and employment, threshold issues. Accordingly, the WCJ's decision is a final order subject to reconsideration rather than removal. Thus, we treat defendant's Petition as one for reconsideration. Although the decision contains a finding that is final, the petitioner is only challenging an interlocutory order in the decision. Therefore, we will apply the removal standard to our review. (See Gaona, supra.)