What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration dismissed; Petition for Removal deniedp. 6
Petition for Reconsideration (treated as Petition for Removal) of WCJ order taking attorney-fee matter 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.
Dispute over $92.50 in fees best resolved at single trial with case in chief per WCAB Rule 10787(a).
WCJ acted within discretion; bifurcation for small fee dispute not required.
From the decision · page 2The WCJ ordered the matter taken off calendar over applicant’s attorney’s objection.
Order taking matter off calendar is interlocutory and not final; reconsideration improper.