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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed applicant Ofelia Gonzalez's petition for reconsideration because it was not filed from a "final" order that determined substantive rights or liabilities. The Board also denied her petition for removal, an extraordinary remedy, finding no evidence of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that reconsideration would not adequately address. The WCJ's decision addressed only an intermediate procedural or evidentiary issue. Therefore, both the petition for reconsideration and removal were dismissed.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed applicant Ofelia Gonzalez's petition for reconsideration because it was not filed from a "final" order that determined substantive rights or liabilities. The Board also denied her petition for removal, an extraordinary remedy, finding no evidence of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that reconsideration would not adequately address. The WCJ's decision addressed only an intermediate procedural or evidentiary issue. Therefore, both the petition for reconsideration and removal were dismissed.
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