Woods, Tamara

Applicant Tamara Woods, represented by a non-attorney hearing representative (S. Yvonne Bailey), had her psyche claim against the County of Sacramento dismissed by the WCJ on December 21, 2023 for non-appearance at an October 9, 2023 trial. The Board found that applicant's hearing representative, whose name and address appeared on the Application, was never served with notices of hearing or the Notices of Intent to Dismiss, and was never placed on the Official Address Record as required. On March 25, 2024, the Board granted reconsideration, found the NITs and resulting dismissal order void for lack of due process notice, and rescinded the order, returning the matter to the trial level. Defendant then petitioned for reconsideration of that March 25 decision. The Board dismissed defendant's petition for reconsideration because the rescission/remand order was non-final and interlocutory, and treated it as a petition for removal, which it denied for failure to show irreparable harm or substantial prejudice.