What the panel ordered
The Appeals Board affirmed the WCJ's Findings and Order, holding that the special employer's insurer's policy constitutes 'other insurance' relieving CIGA of liability, and dismissed CIGA as a party defendant.
The WCJ issued a Findings and Order on October 31, 2002, dismissing CIGA as a party defendant. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration and reassigned the case for an en banc decision to secure uniformity of 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 Appeals Board held that the special employer's insurer's policy constitutes 'other insurance' relieving CIGA of liability, affirming the WCJ's dismissal of CIGA as a party defendant.
From the decision · page 210 a majority vote of its members, reassigned this case to the Appeals Board as a whole for an en 11 banc decision. (Labor Code, § 115.)2 We conclude that where the workers' compensation carrier
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.