Dameron, Taylor

Applicant Taylor Dameron resolved his workers' compensation case via Stipulations with Request for Award, approved by the WCJ on June 23, 2023, providing 16% PD totaling $16,095.00. After substituting in legal counsel, defendant sought reconsideration of the Award and a third-party credit of $77,214.51 based on a Stipulation for Credit signed by applicant (in pro per) and defense counsel. The Board had previously dismissed an earlier petition as premature; after the WCJ approved the credit on October 23, 2023, defendant again petitioned for reconsideration of the June 2023 Award, arguing the credit would engross the remaining PD and that double recovery should be prevented. The Board dismissed the petition because there was no hearing, no evidence in the record, and no determination of good cause to allow defendant to withdraw from its stipulations or whether the pro per applicant understood the implications of the credit stipulation. The Board returned the matter to the trial level, recommending the WCJ treat the petition as a petition to set aside the Award and set a hearing to develop a record.