What the panel ordered
The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirms the WCJ's Order Vacating Findings and Award issued on June 10, 2026.p. 7
Petitions for reconsideration filed by applicant and defendant after the Findings and Award dated May 4, 2026; WCJ vacated the Findings and Award on June 10, 2026; WCAB affirms the Order Vacating Findings and Award on August 24, 2026, rendering the petitions moot.
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 vacated the Findings and Award within the 15-day period allowed under Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10961, rendering the petitions moot. The WCAB affirmed the Order Vacating Findings and Award, thus denying the petitions on procedural grounds.
From the decision · page 2The undersigned received Defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration around 6/6/2026, and based thereon, the Findings and Award were vacated on 6/10/2026. It was not answered since the Award was vacated under Cal. Code of Regs. sec. 10961.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ issued an Order Vacating Findings and Award on June 10, 2026, within 15 days of the first petition for reconsideration filed on May 26, 2026.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This timely order vacated the Findings and Award, rendering the petitions for reconsideration moot and justifying the WCAB's affirmation of the order.
From the decision · page 2The undersigned received Defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration around 6/6/2026, and based thereon, the Findings and Award were vacated on 6/10/2026. It was not answered since the Award was vacated under Cal. Code of Regs. sec. 10961.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10961
WCAB Rule 10961
The WCJ vacated the Findings and Award within the 15-day period after the petition for reconsideration was filed, rendering the petitions moot and justifying the Order Vacating Findings and Award.
From the decision · page 2The undersigned received Defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration around 6/6/2026, and based thereon, the Findings and Award were vacated on 6/10/2026. It was not answered since the Award was vacated under Cal. Code of Regs. sec. 10961.
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