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This case involves an employer, Simi Valley Hospital/Adventist Health Systems West, seeking to prevent the joinder of AIG as a defendant in a workers' compensation claim. The employer argues it is permissibly self-insured and self-administered, and joining AIG, an excess carrier, would cause irreparable harm. The Appeals Board found that since there is no third-party administrator involved, the precedent relied upon for joinder is inapplicable. Consequently, the Board rescinded all orders joining AIG and returned the case to the trial level.
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This case involves an employer, Simi Valley Hospital/Adventist Health Systems West, seeking to prevent the joinder of AIG as a defendant in a workers' compensation claim. The employer argues it is permissibly self-insured and self-administered, and joining AIG, an excess carrier, would cause irreparable harm. The Appeals Board found that since there is no third-party administrator involved, the precedent relied upon for joinder is inapplicable. Consequently, the Board rescinded all orders joining AIG and returned the case to the trial level.
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