What the panel ordered
Dismissed the defendant's petition for removal as the issue raised became moot after the WCJ ordered the matter off calendar at the joint request of the parties for possible settlement.
Defendant filed a petition for removal from the order setting the matter for trial issued on January 20, 2026, by the WCJ.
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 issue raised by the petition for removal became moot after the WCJ ordered the matter off calendar at the joint request of the parties for possible settlement.
From the decision · page 1Thereafter on February 25, 2026, the WCJ ordered the matter off calendar at the joint request of the parties for possible settlement. As the issue raised is now moot, we will dismiss the petition for removal.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ ordered the matter off calendar at the joint request of the parties for possible settlement.