What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal and Disqualification dismissed as moot.
Defendant filed a Petition for Removal and Disqualification of WCJ Seiden before trial; trial and Findings of Fact and Award issued; no reconsideration challenge; petition rendered moot.
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 petition was rendered moot by the trial and Findings of Fact and Award issued without challenge on reconsideration.
From the decision · page 1On January 14, 2021, defendant filed a Petition for Removal with respect to a December 31, 2020 Notice of Hearing setting this matter for trial before workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) Scott Seiden. Defendant also sought to disqualify WCJ Seiden. This matter was tried before WCJ Seiden on February 24, 2021 and a Findings of Fact and Award (F&A) issued on May 24, 2021. No party challenged the F&A on reconsideration. As a result, defendant's Petition for Removal and Disqualification has been rendered moot and will be dismissed.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Trial was held and Findings of Fact and Award issued by WCJ Seiden on May 24, 2021.
Favours Defendant prevailed
No party challenged the Findings of Fact and Award on reconsideration, rendering the Petition for Removal and Disqualification moot.
From the decision · page 1On January 14, 2021, defendant filed a Petition for Removal with respect to a December 31, 2020 Notice of Hearing setting this matter for trial before workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) Scott Seiden. Defendant also sought to disqualify WCJ Seiden. This matter was tried before WCJ Seiden on February 24, 2021 and a Findings of Fact and Award (F&A) issued on May 24, 2021. No party challenged the F&A on reconsideration. As a result, defendant's Petition for Removal and Disqualification has been rendered moot and will be dismissed.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Petition for Removal and Disqualification procedure under California workers' compensation law
The petition was dismissed as moot after trial and Findings of Fact and Award issuance without reconsideration challenge.
From the decision · page 1On January 14, 2021, defendant filed a Petition for Removal with respect to a December 31, 2020 Notice of Hearing setting this matter for trial before workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) Scott Seiden. Defendant also sought to disqualify WCJ Seiden. This matter was tried before WCJ Seiden on February 24, 2021 and a Findings of Fact and Award (F&A) issued on May 24, 2021. No party challenged the F&A on reconsideration. As a result, defendant's Petition for Removal and Disqualification has been rendered moot and will be dismissed.
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