What the panel ordered
The Findings and Order issued on May 4, 2021, is rescinded and the matter is returned to the trial level for further proceedings due to lack of a proper record.
Petition for reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by the workers' compensation arbitrator on May 4, 2021, was granted to further study factual and legal issues.
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.
AOE/COERemandedback · left arm · left leg · left knee
The record was incomplete and lacked proper evidence and transcript, preventing meaningful review of the post-termination defense issue; thus, the matter was remanded for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued by a workers' compensation arbitrator (WCA) on May 4, 2021, wherein the WCA found that applicant did not sustain injury arising out of and in the course of employment (AOE/COE) to her back, left arm, left leg and left knee during the period August 26, 2019 through August 26, 2020.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.