What the panel ordered
Findings and Award of October 4, 2000 rescinded; case returned to WCJ for further proceedings and new decision.
Petition for reconsideration granted by the Board en banc, remanding case to WCJ for further proceedings and new decision due to incomplete record.
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 Board found the record incomplete as it lacked a list of issues, admissions and stipulations, and a list of evidence, making it impossible to determine the basis for the WCJ's decision.
From the decision · page 52s1f The record of the case before us contains no list of issues presented, no admissions and
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The record contained no list of issues presented, no admissions and stipulations of the parties, and no list of evidence submitted or admitted.
Favours neutral