What the panel ordered
The WCAB panel denied defendant's Petition for Reconsideration of the Amended Findings and Orders issued on May 10, 2024, upholding the validity and enforceability of the lien settlement agreements.
Defendant sought reconsideration of the Amended Findings and Orders issued by the WCJ on May 10, 2024, challenging the validity and enforceability of lien settlement agreements. The WCJ issued a Report and Recommendation denying the petition, which the WCAB panel adopted and incorporated.
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 the defendant did not meet its burden to prove mutual mistake, fraud, or procedural irregularities to set aside the lien settlement agreements, which were valid and enforceable.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Amended Findings and Orders (F&O), issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on May 10, 2024, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that the WCAB retains jurisdiction over the validity and enforceability of lien settlement agreements between defendant and lien claimants Park Compounding and Pro Rx Management; that defendant did not meet its burden of showing that the settlement agreements should be set-aside based on mutual mistake of fact,1 unilateral mistake of fact, or fraud; and that the settlement agreements between lien claimants and defendant are valid and enforceable.