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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the petitioner's petition for reconsideration and denied their petition for removal. The WCAB determined that the original decision was not a "final" order because it only addressed an intermediate procedural or evidentiary issue, not substantive rights or liabilities. Furthermore, the WCAB found no evidence of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm to warrant the extraordinary remedy of removal. Therefore, both the reconsideration and removal petitions were rejected.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the petitioner's petition for reconsideration and denied their petition for removal. The WCAB determined that the original decision was not a "final" order because it only addressed an intermediate procedural or evidentiary issue, not substantive rights or liabilities. Furthermore, the WCAB found no evidence of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm to warrant the extraordinary remedy of removal. Therefore, both the reconsideration and removal petitions were rejected.
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