What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied; Findings and Award of October 31, 2019 affirmed
Petition for Reconsideration granted to study attorney's fees award; WCJ Findings and Award of October 31, 2019 affirmed
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 applicant's attorney successfully enforced medical treatment that was unreasonably delayed by the defendant from 2012 to 2019, justifying the award of attorney's fees as proportional and reasonable.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The applicant sustained an admitted industrial injury on October 1, 2004, with a stipulated award granting future medical care.
Favours Applicant prevailed
Established the basis for ongoing medical treatment entitlement.