What the panel ordered
Findings and Order filed March 9, 1998, affirmed and adopted
Petition for Reconsideration filed by defendants, granted and decision after reconsideration issued affirming prior WCJ decision
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 WCJ and the Board concluded that section 3600(a)(10) applies to layoffs or terminations with notice, not to voluntary resignations, so the applicant's claim is not barred despite quitting before reporting injury or seeking treatment.
From the decision · page 34 The WCJ held that applicant's claim was not barred by section
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant voluntarily quit his job on February 7, 1997, without reporting injury or seeking medical treatment prior to quitting