What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision after reconsideration deferred pending further review of the meritsp. 14
Defendant's petition for reconsideration of WCJ's Findings and Order finding industrial COVID-19 injury
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.
AOE/COENot reachedCOVID-19 infection
WCJ found industrial injury; defendant contends presumption rebutted by failure to prove source; WCAB grants reconsideration to further study factual and legal issues
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O), issued by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on December 31, 2024, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment (AOE/COE) in the form of COVID-19 infection.