Zurich, U.S., Et. Al., Jack Hablian WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAJACK HABLIAN, Applicant,vs. ZURICH, U.S., et. al., Defendants.Case No. VNO 0425788OPINION AND ORDERSDISMISSING PETITIONSFOR RECONSIDERATION ANDDENYING PETITIONSFOR REMOVAL By joint petition for reconsideration, or in the alternative petition for removal, defendants State Compensation Insurance Fund and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (SCIF/Liberty), challenge the workers’ compensation administrative law judge’s (WCJ) October 29, 2007 orders, and amended orders of November 16, 2007, in which the WCJ granted and denied various petitions for dismissal and substitution of class representatives. AIG Claims Services, Inc., Broadspire, LLC, and the County of Los Angeles, by separate petitions, join co-defendants SCIF/Liberty to raise the same or similar arguments. Applicant has filed an answer. By a second petition for removal filed by defendant AIG Claims Services. Inc. (AIG), it challenges the amended discovery orders of the WCI dated October 29, 2007. By separate petitions for removal, American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company and Zurich group of insurances companies, join AIG’s petition and arguments. We have considered the allegations and arguments asserted by defendant petitioners and the contents of the December 11, 2007 Report and Recommendation of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record, and for the , reasons stated in the WCI’s report, which we adopt and incorporate, we will dismiss the petitions for reconsideration and deny the petitions for removal. For the foregoing reasons, . IT IS ORDERED that petitions for reconsideration filed by State Compensation Insurance Fund jointly with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, and as joined separately by AIG Claims Services, Inc” Broadspire, LLC, and the County of Los Angeles be, and hereby are DI
