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This case concerns the applicant's workers' compensation claims and the defendants' failure to depose a key medical expert before his death. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the defendants' petitions for removal and denied their petitions for reconsideration. The WCAB found that the defendants did not demonstrate due diligence in scheduling the expert's deposition after the WCJ granted further discovery. Therefore, the WCAB upheld the WCJ's finding that the defendants failed to exercise due diligence.
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This case concerns the applicant's workers' compensation claims and the defendants' failure to depose a key medical expert before his death. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the defendants' petitions for removal and denied their petitions for reconsideration. The WCAB found that the defendants did not demonstrate due diligence in scheduling the expert's deposition after the WCJ granted further discovery. Therefore, the WCAB upheld the WCJ's finding that the defendants failed to exercise due diligence.
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