WCPanelIQ
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Narvaez, Vincent

VINCENT NARVAEZ, Applicant vs. GRANITEROCK COMPANY, AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INSURANCE GROUP; adjusted by TRISTAR RISK MANAGEMENT, CONCORD, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ18034522
Decision date
Jan 28, 2024
District office
Oakland
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Tristar Risk Management (adjusting for American Contractors Insurance Group)
Commissioners
—

Injury / body parts: knee (patella), lower extremities

LC §5501.5LC §5501.6LC §5900LC §5902LC §5903CCR §10488CCR §10955

Summary

Applicant, a ready mix driver, claimed a specific industrial injury to his knee and lower extremities on July 5, 2023. His attorney filed the Application with venue in Oakland based on the attorney's principal place of business (Lab. Code § 5501.5(a)(3)), but applicant later dismissed the attorney. Defendant filed an objection to venue and petition for change of venue to Salinas, which the PWCJ denied, finding the petition failed to show why travel distance would be burdensome and failed to specify the substance of witness testimony. Defendant sought reconsideration or removal. The WCAB dismissed the petition for reconsideration because an order denying change of venue is interlocutory and not 'final,' and denied removal because defendant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm.

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