What the panel ordered
Petition for removal dismissed and returned to trial level to be treated as a request for continuance
Petition for removal from the order setting the matter for trial filed by applicant, considered by WCJ and WCAB panel
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 Appeals Board dismissed the petition for removal because the record was incomplete and the WCJ should first consider the petition as a request for continuance at trial level.
From the decision · page 1Applicant has filed a petition for removal from the order setting the matter for trial issued on December 2, 2024, by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ).
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The record was incomplete and no formal record was available to review.
Favours Defendant prevailed