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DIANA OCHOA vs. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, SEDGWICK CMS

Filed: Jul 28, 2014
Anaheim
ADJ9058932

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The Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's Petition for Removal, finding it was an improper remedy for contesting a final order to pay a deposition fee. Treating the petition as one for reconsideration of the WCJ's order to pay $1,300 in deposition fees, the Board also dismissed it as untimely filed. The defendant's objection was overruled via WCJ correspondence on April 22, 2014, making the petition for reconsideration due by May 19, 2014, but it was filed on May 27, 2014. The Board would have denied reconsideration on the merits due to the WCJ's reasoning, had it been timely.

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The Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's Petition for Removal, finding it was an improper remedy for contesting a final order to pay a deposition fee. Treating the petition as one for reconsideration of the WCJ's order to pay $1,300 in deposition fees, the Board also dismissed it as untimely filed. The defendant's objection was overruled via WCJ correspondence on April 22, 2014, making the petition for reconsideration due by May 19, 2014, but it was filed on May 27, 2014. The Board would have denied reconsideration on the merits due to the WCJ's reasoning, had it been timely.

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