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This case involves an applicant, Sandra Cortez, and defendants Employment Resources Group, Inc. and Claims R.M. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Cortez's petition for reconsideration and denied her petition for removal. The Board found that the WCJ's decision addressed an interlocutory procedural or evidentiary issue, not a final determination of substantive rights or liabilities. Removal was denied because there was no showing of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, and reconsideration would be an adequate remedy. The Board also clarified that a letter to an AME copied to the applicant's attorney was not an ex parte communication.
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This case involves an applicant, Sandra Cortez, and defendants Employment Resources Group, Inc. and Claims R.M. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Cortez's petition for reconsideration and denied her petition for removal. The Board found that the WCJ's decision addressed an interlocutory procedural or evidentiary issue, not a final determination of substantive rights or liabilities. Removal was denied because there was no showing of substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, and reconsideration would be an adequate remedy. The Board also clarified that a letter to an AME copied to the applicant's attorney was not an ex parte communication.
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