What the panel ordered
Arbitrator's Findings and Award of April 30, 2021, rescinded; Compromise and Release filed September 30, 2024, approved by WCAB panel.
Petition for reconsideration of the Arbitrator's Findings and Award issued April 30, 2021, granted and reconsidered by the WCAB panel.
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 arbitrator's apportionment was reconsidered and the parties settled with a Compromise and Release approved by the WCAB panel, indicating resolution in favor of the applicant.
From the decision · page 1applicant, petitions for reconsideration of the Arbitrator's Findings and Award issued by arbitrator in this matter on April 30, 2021. In that decision, the arbitrator found that applicant sustained injury to his upper and lower extremities arising out of and in the course of his employment as janitor by defendant, Flagship Airport Services, Inc., on June 20, 2019, resulting in permanent disability of 2%, but no need for further medical treatment.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This settlement resolved the dispute and led to the rescission of the Arbitrator's Findings and Award.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code section 5001
No release of liability or compromise agreement is valid unless approved by the appeals board or referee.
The Compromise and Release was approved by the WCAB panel as required by this statute.
Labor Code section 5002
A copy of the release or compromise agreement signed by both parties shall be filed with the appeals board, which may enter its award based on the agreement.
The WCAB panel entered its award based on the Compromise and Release filed by the parties.
From the decision · page 2Labor Code section 5002 states that: "A copy of the release or compromise agreement signed by both parties shall forthwith be filed with the appeals board. Upon filing with and approval by the appeals board, it may, without notice, of its own motion or on the application of either party, enter its award based upon the release or compromise agreement."
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