What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration denied.
Petition for reconsideration filed by defendant after WCJ's Findings, Award, and Order dated July 27, 2023; WCAB panel denies reconsideration and adopts WCJ report.
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 defendant's unilateral termination of death benefits was found unreasonable due to lack of evidence supporting the third-party settlement credit and employer negligence assertions, leading to reinstatement of benefits and penalties for delay.
From the decision · page 7CALIFORNIA LABOR CODES SECTIONS 3858 AND 3861
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Defendant terminated death benefits unilaterally on October 22, 2022, without evidence supporting a credit for third-party settlement.