What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted to clarify Finding No. 4; Findings and Orders of December 9, 2024 amended and affirmed in part; injury to right wrist and right hand found compensable; other injury issues deferred with jurisdiction reserved.
Defendant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Orders of December 9, 2024, which found industrial injury to applicant's right wrist and right hand, with other injury issues deferred. The WCAB granted reconsideration to clarify findings and affirmed the injury finding.
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 WCJ and WCAB found that applicant was injured in the course of employment while performing usual and customary duties benefiting the employer, even though she was not scheduled to work that day, supported by credible testimony and legal precedent.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of a workers' compensation administrative law judge's (WCJ) Findings and Orders of December 9, 2024, wherein it was found that while employed on March 16, 2023 as an activity assistant, applicant sustained industrial injury to her right wrist and right hand causing the need for further medical treatment to those body parts. Applicant also claims injury to the head, neck, right arm, right shoulder, right hip and lumbar spine as a result of the March 16, 2023 incident, but the issue of injury to those body parts was deferred.