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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed Mariano Amboy's petition for reconsideration. The petition sought reconsideration of the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) denial of Amboy's request to strike a qualified medical examiner's report. The WCAB found that this denial was not a "final" order as defined by law, which requires a determination of substantive rights or threshold issues. Therefore, a petition for reconsideration was procedurally improper, leading to its dismissal.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed Mariano Amboy's petition for reconsideration. The petition sought reconsideration of the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) denial of Amboy's request to strike a qualified medical examiner's report. The WCAB found that this denial was not a "final" order as defined by law, which requires a determination of substantive rights or threshold issues. Therefore, a petition for reconsideration was procedurally improper, leading to its dismissal.
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