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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a WCJ's order requiring the defendant to pay the applicant's representative for attending an agreed medical examiner's deposition. The Board rescinded the WCJ's decision, ruling that Labor Code section 5811 only allows for costs between parties, not attorney's fees for attending a non-party's deposition. Therefore, the Board found no statutory authority for the award of such fees.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a WCJ's order requiring the defendant to pay the applicant's representative for attending an agreed medical examiner's deposition. The Board rescinded the WCJ's decision, ruling that Labor Code section 5811 only allows for costs between parties, not attorney's fees for attending a non-party's deposition. Therefore, the Board found no statutory authority for the award of such fees.
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