What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal denied by the Appeals Board panel.
Petition for Removal filed and denied by the Appeals Board panel after review of the WCJ report and record.
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 Appeals Board denied the petition because the petitioner did not show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm if removal was denied, nor that reconsideration would be inadequate.
From the decision · page 1We have considered the allegations of the Petition for Removal and the contents of the report of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record, and based upon the WCJ's analysis of the merits of petitioner's arguments in the WCJ's report, we will deny removal.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Petitioner failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm if removal was denied.