What the panel ordered
Defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration is denied; the WCJ’s Findings and Orders of March 6, 2023, dismissing the Petition to Reduce Applicant’s Award are affirmed.p. 3
Defendant petitions for reconsideration of WCJ’s Findings and Orders dismissing its Petition to Reduce Applicant’s Award of permanent total disability.
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.
Defendant failed to establish good cause to reopen; new evidence was either previously available or insufficient to undermine the prior award.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Orders issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on March 6, 2023, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that good cause did not exist to reopen applicant’s award of permanent total disability;