What the panel ordered
Grant of removal; WCJ's findings rescinded and matter remanded for further proceedings.
ICW petitioned for reconsideration or removal of a WCJ's order regarding ex parte communication with a QME; the Board granted removal, vacated the WCJ's findings, and remanded for further proceedings.
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 Board found the WCJ's findings regarding ex parte communication and the remedy were not final orders and that removal, not reconsideration, was the proper procedural avenue. The matter was remanded for the trier of fact to determine if there was an ex parte communication and the appropriate remedy.
From the decision · page 201 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED as the Decision After Removal of the Workers' Compensation
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The evidence was unclear whether The Hartford's letter to the QME was properly served on the opposing party.