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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's Petition for Reconsideration because the denial of a motion to compel a second Panel QME is an interlocutory, procedural order, not a final decision. The Board also denied the defendant's Petition for Removal, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm to justify this extraordinary remedy. Furthermore, the Board rejected the argument that a new Panel QME could be sought simply if the initial report was not advantageous to the defendant.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's Petition for Reconsideration because the denial of a motion to compel a second Panel QME is an interlocutory, procedural order, not a final decision. The Board also denied the defendant's Petition for Removal, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm to justify this extraordinary remedy. Furthermore, the Board rejected the argument that a new Panel QME could be sought simply if the initial report was not advantageous to the defendant.
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