Jacksonville Jaguars; Ace Insurance; Arizona Cardinals; Travelers Indemnity Company, Successor In Interest By Merger to Gulf Insurance; Kansan City Chiefs; TIG Insurance, As Administered by Risks Enterprise Management Derrick Ransom WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIADERRICK RANSOM, Applicant,vs.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS; ACE INSURANCE; ARIZONA CARDINALS; TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Successor In Interest By Merger to GULF INSURANCE; KANSAS CITY CHIEFS; TIG INSURANCE, As Administered by RISKS ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, Defendants.Case No. ADJ6708293 (Santa Ana District Office)OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION On December 28, 2011, we granted reconsideration in this matter to provide an opportunity to further study the legal and factual issues raised by the petition for reconsideration. Having completed our review, we now issue our Decision After Reconsideration. Defendant, Jacksonville Jaguars (Jaguars), by and through its insurer, ACE Insurance, filed a petition for reconsideration from the Findings of Fact and Award, issued October 20, 2011, in which a workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) deferred a determination of the issue of jurisdiction over the Jaguars, and ordered the Jaguars, as the last employer with injurious exposure, to pay for diagnostic testing that has been completed as well as further testing that is required by the panel Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME). The Jaguars were also ordered to pay the expense of having applicant, Derrick Ransom, travel to California for the diagnostic tests, unless the tests are performed in Ohio. Defendant contends the WCJ acted in excess of his powers in ordering the Jaguars to pay for medical-legal expenses prior to a determination of whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board may exercise jurisdiction over defendant. Alternatively, defendant seeks an order for the removal of this matter to the Appeals Board, pursuant to Labor Code section
