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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the applicant's petition for reconsideration because the order denying a change of venue was not a final order determining substantive rights or liabilities. Furthermore, the WCAB denied the applicant's petition for removal, finding no significant prejudice or irreparable harm to justify this extraordinary remedy, as the venue change followed procedural guidelines. Consequently, the applicant's request to have the case heard in Redding was denied, and the matter remains venued in Sacramento.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) dismissed the applicant's petition for reconsideration because the order denying a change of venue was not a final order determining substantive rights or liabilities. Furthermore, the WCAB denied the applicant's petition for removal, finding no significant prejudice or irreparable harm to justify this extraordinary remedy, as the venue change followed procedural guidelines. Consequently, the applicant's request to have the case heard in Redding was denied, and the matter remains venued in Sacramento.
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