What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal granted; November 29, 2023 venue-change order rescinded; matter returned to PWCJ for further proceedingsp. 5
Defendant’s Petition for Removal from PWCJ’s November 29, 2023 Order granting applicant’s venue-change request
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.
PWCJ changed venue without creating a record or affording defendant an opportunity to be heard, resulting in substantial prejudice and irreparable harm
From the decision · page 5IT IS FURTHER ORDERED as the Decision After Removal of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board that the Order of November 29, 2023 is RESCINDED and the matter is RETURNED to the presiding workers’ compensation administrative law judge for further proceedings consistent with this decision.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.