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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's Petition for Removal. The petition sought to depose the applicant's spouse to gather information about his past drug abuse. The Board found that the marital privilege applies, preventing the deposition, as the applicant and his spouse are now married and have asserted this privilege. The Board adopted the Administrative Law Judge's report, which concluded that no exceptions to the marital privilege applied in this case.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's Petition for Removal. The petition sought to depose the applicant's spouse to gather information about his past drug abuse. The Board found that the marital privilege applies, preventing the deposition, as the applicant and his spouse are now married and have asserted this privilege. The Board adopted the Administrative Law Judge's report, which concluded that no exceptions to the marital privilege applied in this case.
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