What the panel ordered
Defendant's petition for reconsideration of the Joint Findings and Award issued on March 18, 2025, by the WCJ is denied.
Defendant filed a timely verified petition for reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued on March 18, 2025, which was denied by the WCAB panel on July 7, 2025.
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.
Temporary disabilityApplicant prevailedright wrist · left upper extremity · left shoulder · left elbow · right hand
Applicant was entitled to separate 4850 benefits for two distinct injuries with overlapping but partially non-overlapping periods of temporary disability, supported by medical evidence and legal precedent.
From the decision · page 3The instant matter concerns payment of Labor Code § 4850 benefits - as stipulated by the parties, applicant is a firefighter, which entitles him to § 4850 benefits in lieu of temporary disability for a period of up to one year. Essentially, applicant claims entitlement to § 4850 benefits for the period from October 10, 2023 to the present and continuing. As evidenced by the Benefit Printout, admitted into evidence as defendant's exhibit "D", defendant has allegedly paid applicant full salary § 4850 benefits from October 10, 2022 through October 9, 2023, but then switched to payment of "state rate" temporary disability benefits as of October 10, 2023.