What the panel ordered
The Findings of Fact and Order issued by the WCJ on March 18, 2020, are rescinded. The Compromise and Release agreement filed on July 21, 2022, is approved, including the attorneys' fee requested.
Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order issued by the WCJ on March 18, 2020, served on March 30, 2020. Reconsideration was granted to study the factual and legal issues presented.
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 Appeals Board concluded that the settlement amount is adequate and in the applicant's best interest, and the attorneys' fee requested is reasonable.
From the decision · page 2After considering the Compromise and Release in light of the entire record and the risks to applicant of further litigation, we conclude that the settlement amount is adequate and that the agreement is in applicant's best interest.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.