What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration denied by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board on December 30, 2024.
Petition for reconsideration filed by applicant challenging the validity of QME panel number 7705175; WCJ issued Findings and Order on September 4, 2024, finding the QME panel valid; WCAB treated petition as one for reconsideration and denied it.
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's finding that the QME panel number 7705175 is valid was not an abuse of discretion; service of the delay notice on applicant rather than her attorney was proper and did not cause significant prejudice or irreparable harm; reconsideration was an adequate remedy; therefore, removal was denied and reconsideration petition was denied.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks removal in response to the Findings and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on September 4, 2024, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) panel number 7705175 is valid.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.