What the panel ordered
December 16, 2021 Findings and Order rescinded; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings consistent with WCAB decision
Petition for Reconsideration of December 16, 2021 Findings and Order granted by WCAB panel; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings on settlement
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 WCAB panel granted reconsideration to review the entire record and allow further proceedings on settlement, without ruling on the merits of the statute of limitations bar.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the December 16, 2021 Findings and Order issued by a workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Therein, the WCJ found that applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment to head, neck, spine, back, shoulders, hips, upper extremities, lower extremities, hearing loss, chest, gastritis, dyspepsia, internal systems, headaches, and post-traumatic head syndrome, but that his claim for Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) benefits is barred by the statute of limitations.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ found the claim for SIBTF benefits barred by the statute of limitations in the December 16, 2021 Findings and Order.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This finding was the basis for the Petition for Reconsideration and the WCAB panel's decision to grant reconsideration and return the matter to the WCJ for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the December 16, 2021 Findings and Order issued by a workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Therein, the WCJ found that applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment to head, neck, spine, back, shoulders, hips, upper extremities, lower extremities, hearing loss, chest, gastritis, dyspepsia, internal systems, headaches, and post-traumatic head syndrome, but that his claim for Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) benefits is barred by the statute of limitations.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Statute of limitations
The WCAB panel granted reconsideration to review the entire record and allow further proceedings on settlement, without ruling on the merits of the statute of limitations bar.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the December 16, 2021 Findings and Order issued by a workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Therein, the WCJ found that applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment to head, neck, spine, back, shoulders, hips, upper extremities, lower extremities, hearing loss, chest, gastritis, dyspepsia, internal systems, headaches, and post-traumatic head syndrome, but that his claim for Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) benefits is barred by the statute of limitations.
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