Diversified Utility Services; Old Republic General Insurance Corporation, c/o Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. Nathan Little WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIANATHAN LITTLE, Applicant,vs.DIVERSIFIED UTILITY SERVICES; OLD REPUBLICGENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION, c/oGALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES, INC., Defendants.Case No. ADJ8173186 (Riverside District Office)ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR REMOVAL We have considered the allegations of the Petition for Removal and the contents of the report of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record, and for the reasons stated in said report which we adopt and incorporate, we will deny removal. If additional QME panels are required in the future, and if applicant is unrepresented at the time of the request for the panels, the parties should follow the procedures in Labor Code section 4062.1. But in this case, the QME panel process was initiated under section 4062.2 while applicant was represented by an attorney, and that is the procedure that should be followed here.//////////////////////// , For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that said Petition for Removal is DENIED.WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD_________________________________________MARGUERITE SWEENEYI CONCUR, _________________________________________ ALFONSO J. MORESI_________________________________________ FRANK M. BRASSDATED AND FILED AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIAJUN 07 2013SERVICE MADE ON THE ABOVE DATE ON THE PERSONS LISTED BELOW AT THEIR ADDRESSES SHOWN ON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL ADDRESS RECORD.NATHAN LITTLEMORSE, GIESLER, CALLISTER & KARLIN, LLPebc , CASE NO: ADJ8173186NATHAN LITTLEAPPLICANTVs.DIVERSIFIED UTILITY SERVICES; OLD REPUBLIC INS. CORP.DEFENDANTSWORKERS’ COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE:CHRIS ELLEN WILLMONREPORT & RECOMMENDATION OF JUDGE ON PETITION FOR REMOVALINTRODUCTION Nathan Little has filed a tim
Nathan Little vs. Diversified Utility Services; Old Republic General Insurance Corporation, C/o Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
is a case in which Nathan Little filed a Petition for Removal, claiming that an order compelling an examination by a panel QME caused substantial prejudice or irreparable harm. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reviewed the record and denied the Petition for Removal, stating that Little had already agreed to the QME panel process and was not entitled to start over on a different med-legal track.
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