Christine Durham — ADJ19890995

Applicant Christine Durham filed a petition for removal from an Order Suspending Action (OSA) on a Compromise and Release issued April 21, 2026 by WCJ Karinneh Aslanian. Applicant argued the OSA exceeded the permissible scope of settlement adequacy review and that sufficient information had already been provided. No answer from defendants and no WCJ Report were filed. Relying on the en banc decision in Gaines v. ABM Aviation, Inc. (2026), the Board found the same WCJ and same disqualifying circumstances present here. The Board granted removal, rescinded the OSA, disqualified WCJ Aslanian on its own motion, and returned the matter to the presiding judge for reassignment to a new trial judge to conduct adequacy review and create a supporting record.