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This case involves a worker, Luis Mejia, seeking reconsideration of an earlier denial of his petition by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB). Mejia's current petition attempts to rehash his original arguments and introduce a new case, Barr v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. The WCAB dismisses this petition because it is an impermissibly successive filing. The Board states that parties aggrieved by a final decision must seek review from the Court of Appeal, not file further petitions with the WCAB.
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This case involves a worker, Luis Mejia, seeking reconsideration of an earlier denial of his petition by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB). Mejia's current petition attempts to rehash his original arguments and introduce a new case, Barr v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. The WCAB dismisses this petition because it is an impermissibly successive filing. The Board states that parties aggrieved by a final decision must seek review from the Court of Appeal, not file further petitions with the WCAB.
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