What the panel ordered
The Findings of Fact and Order issued by the WCJ on August 9, 2019 are rescinded. The Compromise and Release filed on January 4, 2022 is approved, including the attorneys' fee requested.
Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 9, 2019. We granted reconsideration 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 Board concluded the settlement amount is adequate and in the applicant's best interest, and the attorneys' fee requested is reasonable.
From the decision · page 2applicant 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.
The settlement amount is adequate and in the applicant's best interest.