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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the WCJ's order admitting a medical report was an interlocutory procedural order, not a final determination of substantive rights. The Board also denied the petition as a request for removal, finding no prejudice or irreparable harm, and noting the defendant's inaction and failure to attend a properly noticed deposition. Furthermore, the defendant's prolonged delay in objecting to the report and its failure to properly identify parties under Board Rule 10550 were also critical factors in the denial.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the WCJ's order admitting a medical report was an interlocutory procedural order, not a final determination of substantive rights. The Board also denied the petition as a request for removal, finding no prejudice or irreparable harm, and noting the defendant's inaction and failure to attend a properly noticed deposition. Furthermore, the defendant's prolonged delay in objecting to the report and its failure to properly identify parties under Board Rule 10550 were also critical factors in the denial.
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