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This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision dismisses a petition for reconsideration and denies a petition for removal. The Board found the underlying WCJ decision was not a "final" order, as it only addressed intermediate procedural or evidentiary issues, not substantive rights or liabilities. Furthermore, the applicant failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm necessary to justify the extraordinary remedy of removal. Therefore, both requests were denied based on the reasoning in the WCJ's report.
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This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision dismisses a petition for reconsideration and denies a petition for removal. The Board found the underlying WCJ decision was not a "final" order, as it only addressed intermediate procedural or evidentiary issues, not substantive rights or liabilities. Furthermore, the applicant failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm necessary to justify the extraordinary remedy of removal. Therefore, both requests were denied based on the reasoning in the WCJ's report.
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