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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed defendant ABM Industries' Petition for Reconsideration because the WCJ's order compelling a new QME panel was interlocutory, not a final determination of substantive rights. The WCAB also denied defendant's request for removal, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm to justify the extraordinary remedy. The WCJ's prior order had denied defendant's request to compel a medical evaluation and ordered a new QME panel due to concerns about defendant's advocacy letter to the original QME. The WCAB adopted the WCJ's reasoning, deeming the interlocutory procedural order not subject to reconsideration.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed defendant ABM Industries' Petition for Reconsideration because the WCJ's order compelling a new QME panel was interlocutory, not a final determination of substantive rights. The WCAB also denied defendant's request for removal, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm to justify the extraordinary remedy. The WCJ's prior order had denied defendant's request to compel a medical evaluation and ordered a new QME panel due to concerns about defendant's advocacy letter to the original QME. The WCAB adopted the WCJ's reasoning, deeming the interlocutory procedural order not subject to reconsideration.
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