LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY, LARRY E. MOORE, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIALARRY E. MOORE,vs.LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY;TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY,Case Nos. ADJ2869065 (LBO 0313061)ADJ3077375 (VNO 0308945)ADJ2422782 (VNO 0299504)OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Applicant seeks reconsideration of the Order issued on November 5, 2008, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) continued the matter to January 5, 2009, for a further status conference. In the underlying case, applicant, while employed as a bus driver, sustained industrial injury to his spine on October 20, 1993 (VNO 299504), causing 13% permanent disability; to his internal system from September 25, 1983 through May 24, 1995 (VNO 308945) causing 30:2% permanent disability; and to his neck and back on April 10, 2003 (LBO 313061), causing 26% permanent disability. Co-defendant Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A.C.M.T.A.) provided coverage for the October 20, 1993 injury, and co-defendant Travelers Property Casualty Company (Travelers) provided coverage for the April 10, 2000 injury. Applicant contends that the WCJ erred in continuing the matter for a status conference, arguing that “[t]he applicant has been continued ridiculously at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board by Judge after Judge after Judge. . .” and that applicant is being denied necessary medical treatment recommended by Dr. Behrooz Broukhim./// , We have considered the petition for reconsideration and we have reviewed the record in this matter. Co-defendants L.A.C.M.T.A. and Travelers have each filed an answer. The WCJ has filed a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report), recommending that the petition be denied and that applicant’s attorney be admonished for making misrepresentations in th
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