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 petitions for reconsideration were filed with willful intent to disrupt or delay proceedings, were indisputably without merit, and caused immediate halting of trial proceedings, justifying sanctions.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Susan Garrett and Lance Garrett filed petitions for reconsideration in three cases on the eve or morning of trial.
Favours Defendant prevailed
These filings were found to be with willful intent to disrupt or delay proceedings and were indisputably without merit, justifying sanctions.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code section 5813
The Board applied section 5813 to impose sanctions on Susan Garrett and Lance Garrett for filing petitions for reconsideration with improper motive and without merit to delay proceedings.
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