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This case involves a petition for reconsideration and removal by a party seeking to challenge an interlocutory procedural order from a workers' compensation judge. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the petition for reconsideration because the order was not a "final" decision determining substantive rights or liabilities. The WCAB also denied the petition for removal, finding no showing of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm required for this extraordinary remedy. Therefore, the WCAB affirmed that the challenged order was merely an intermediate procedural ruling not subject to immediate appeal.
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This case involves a petition for reconsideration and removal by a party seeking to challenge an interlocutory procedural order from a workers' compensation judge. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the petition for reconsideration because the order was not a "final" decision determining substantive rights or liabilities. The WCAB also denied the petition for removal, finding no showing of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm required for this extraordinary remedy. Therefore, the WCAB affirmed that the challenged order was merely an intermediate procedural ruling not subject to immediate appeal.
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