What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is granted; WCJ's decision is amended to order Defendant to pay life pension benefits owed to Applicant's estate through 5/18/2021 and a 25% penalty; otherwise, the July 1, 2021 Findings and Order is affirmed.
Defendant filed a Petition for Reconsideration under Labor Code §5903 following the WCJ's Findings and Order dated 7/1/2021, which found underpayment of life pension benefits and imposed a penalty.
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 arbitrarily stopped life pension payments and failed to provide evidence of overpayment or that Applicant was not alive, resulting in underpayment and penalty.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Defendant arbitrarily stopped life pension payments on or about September 2019 and failed to comply with court orders to clarify payments.
Favours Applicant prevailed