Hilario Leal — ADJ10498740, ADJ10598043, ADJ12735249

Applicant Hilario Leal claimed cumulative industrial injuries while employed by Lordon Engineering, and the WCJ found compensable cumulative injuries to the right knee (period ending October 4, 2013, ADJ10498740) and to multiple body parts (period ending June 14, 2016, ADJ10598043), while finding the claim in ADJ12735249 barred by the statute of limitations. Three defendants (Star Insurance, Insurance Company of the West, and Employers Compensation Insurance Company) each petitioned for reconsideration challenging the findings of compensability. The Board granted reconsideration to study the issues, then referred the parties to a commissioners' settlement conference. The parties filed a fully executed Compromise and Release on October 21, 2022. To expedite review and approval, the Board rescinded the August 27, 2020 Findings of Fact in both cases and remanded the matter to the trial level to consider the C&R, expressly declining to rule on the merits.