WILLIAM CRONIN vs. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY as administered by MATRIX ABSENCE MANAGEMENT, INC.

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and found that William Cronin sustained a psychiatric industrial injury arising out of and in the course of employment with Honeywell International. The Board affirmed that actual employment events were predominant causes of the injury. Defendant failed to prove the injury was substantially caused by a lawful, nondiscriminatory, good faith personnel action, as the events cited did not constitute a substantial cause. The previous award was rescinded and substituted with this finding, deferring other issues.