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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed defendant's petitions for reconsideration and removal, challenging a WCJ's order to quash a notice to produce an out-of-state adjuster. The Board determined that the WCJ's order was an interlocutory procedural decision, not a final order subject to reconsideration, and that removal was not warranted due to a lack of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm. Furthermore, the Board found the petition moot as the notice to produce had expired or was explicitly quashed. The defendants and their attorneys were admonished for causing delays and filing a moot petition.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed defendant's petitions for reconsideration and removal, challenging a WCJ's order to quash a notice to produce an out-of-state adjuster. The Board determined that the WCJ's order was an interlocutory procedural decision, not a final order subject to reconsideration, and that removal was not warranted due to a lack of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm. Furthermore, the Board found the petition moot as the notice to produce had expired or was explicitly quashed. The defendants and their attorneys were admonished for causing delays and filing a moot petition.
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