What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal dismissed as moot.
Petition for Removal filed by applicant to challenge WCJ order setting matter for trial on AOE/COE and panel QME issues; petition dismissed as moot after issuance of replacement QME panel and matter taken off calendar.
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The petition was dismissed as moot because the order it challenged was superseded by a replacement QME panel order and the matter was taken off calendar.
From the decision · page 1We have considered the allegations of the Petition for Removal and the contents of the report of the workers' compensation administrative law judge ("WCJ") with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record, and for the reasons stated below, we will dismiss the petition as moot because it seeks review of an order which was subsequently superseded.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.