What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; WCJ decision amended to add Finding of Fact 6 confirming Dr. Lee's qualification and competency
Petition for reconsideration granted, decision after reconsideration issued amending the WCJ's decision
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 found industrial causation based on credible testimony, environmental reports, and Dr. Lee's medical opinion despite defendant's challenges to causation and Dr. Lee's qualifications.
From the decision · page 3a) Finding industrial causation based on speculation with no evidence of a mechanism of injury;
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant's credible testimony that respiratory problems began within months of working at the Tustin facility
Favours Applicant prevailed