Zamora, Adalilia

Defendant sought reconsideration or removal of a July 22, 2024 Findings and Order in which the WCJ found that cost petitioner Express Interpreting was entitled to specific discovery regarding interpreter payments and excluded defendant's Exhibit C from evidence. The discovery order required production of benefit printouts, all Next Level EORs, written procedures for reduction/review/rejection of interpreter invoices, internal market rate criteria, and identification of a PMK for deposition. The Board first confirmed it timely acted on the petition under amended Labor Code section 5909, which now measures the 60-day period from transmission of the case to the Appeals Board. The Board held that the WCJ's order resolved only intermediate procedural and evidentiary issues, was not a final order, and therefore dismissed the petition for reconsideration. Treating the petition as one for removal, the Board denied it because defendant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm.