Clarke, Gillian

Gillian Clarke, a deputy public conservator claiming a psychiatric injury that was denied, filed a Petition for Removal challenging the WCJ's August 29, 2023 order setting her case for trial. She argued that the matter should not have been set for trial because of alleged uncorrected errors in past pleadings. The WCJ noted that Clarke had filed an amended application that remedied her pleading errors, that a misfiled document from another case was being deleted, and that discovery had been properly closed at the MSC with admissibility of any unexchanged documents deferred to the trial judge. The WCAB adopted and incorporated the WCJ's report, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, and denied removal.