What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; Notice of Intention to rescind the arbitrator's decision issued unless required documents are filed within 30 days.
Petition for reconsideration filed by Capital Insurance Group seeking review of the arbitrator's June 13, 2024 decision; WCAB granted reconsideration and issued Notice of Intention to rescind the arbitrator's decision unless a complete record is filed.
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 Appeals Board found the arbitration record incomplete, preventing meaningful review and due process, and thus issued a Notice of Intention to rescind the arbitrator's decision unless a complete record is filed.
From the decision · page 7(10) Arbitrator's report on petition for reconsideration, removal or disqualification. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10914(c).) Here, the record includes the order that the insurance coverage dispute be arbitrated and appointing the WCA. (Minutes of Hearing, dated September 5, 2023.) However, the record does not contain the minutes of the arbitration proceedings, identifying those present, the date of the proceeding, the disposition and those served with the minutes or the identification of the party designated to serve the minutes. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10914(c)(3).) Nor does the record reflect the pleadings, petitions, objections, briefs and responses filed by the parties with the arbitrator, if any. (Cal. Code Regs., tit.