What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal granted; WCJ's August 29, 2025 Orders rescinded; matter returned to trial level for further proceedingsp. 3
Defendant's Petition for Removal from WCJ's August 29, 2025 Orders; WCJ recommended denial
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.
WCJ's order appointing regular physician was premature; record does not establish good cause to deviate from standard procedure of returning to prior evaluators; violates due process
From the decision · page 3IT IS ORDERED that defendant’s Petition for Removal from the Orders issued on August 29, 2025, by the WCJ is GRANTED.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
WCJ issued order vacating submission and appointing regular physician without first returning to prior evaluators