What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal denied; Petition for Disqualification dismissedp. 5
Defendant filed petitions for removal and disqualification of the WCJ. The WCJ issued a Report and Recommendation recommending denial of both. The Appeals Board considered the petitions, the Report, and the 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.
Defendant failed to provide any substantive affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury detailing grounds for disqualification.
From the decision · page 3Here, and based upon the analysis contained in the WCJ’s Report we dismiss the Petition for Disqualification. Defendant has not provided any substantive affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury, nor has defendant detailed any grounds for disqualification under the rule.
Defendant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm or that reconsideration would not be an adequate remedy.
From the decision · page 4