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KIM WILLIS vs. PALMDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Permissibly Self-Insured, Administered By SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. (SCRMA)

Filed: May 29, 2009
San Francisco
ADJ4550848

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the WCJ's order to take the case off-calendar for further medical record development under Labor Code § 4062.2 was not a final order. Such procedural and discovery-related orders are not subject to reconsideration. Even if considered a petition for removal, it would be denied on its merits according to the WCJ's report. The applicant alleges an industrial knee injury from May 2, 2007.

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the defendant's petition for reconsideration because the WCJ's order to take the case off-calendar for further medical record development under Labor Code § 4062.2 was not a final order. Such procedural and discovery-related orders are not subject to reconsideration. Even if considered a petition for removal, it would be denied on its merits according to the WCJ's report. The applicant alleges an industrial knee injury from May 2, 2007.

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