What the panel ordered
The WCAB granted removal, rescinded the WCJ's Order Denying Emergency Petition to Stay PQME Evaluation, and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings.
Defendant sought removal of the WCJ's Order Denying Emergency Petition to Stay PQME Evaluation issued December 8, 2020. The WCJ denied the petition to stay the PQME evaluation scheduled for December 19, 2020.
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 WCAB found the WCJ's denial of the emergency stay premature and procedurally improper, requiring further proceedings to address the specialty dispute with due process.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks removal of the Order Denying Emergency Petition to Stay PQME1 Evaluation (Order) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on December 8, 2020.2 By the Order, the WCJ denied defendant's Emergency Petition to Stay PQME Evaluation on December 19, 2020 Under CCR 10470.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.