McGuire, Brenda

Brenda McGuire's petition challenged a WCJ decision in a consolidated workers' compensation matter against Republic Waste Services of Southern California, insured by ACE American Insurance Company administered by CCMSI. The Board addressed the procedural distinction between reconsideration (for final orders resolving threshold issues) and removal (for interlocutory, non-final orders). The WCJ's decision was a hybrid containing both a threshold finding and an interlocutory finding, but the petitioner only challenged the interlocutory portion. Applying the removal standard, the Board found the petitioner failed to demonstrate significant prejudice or irreparable harm, or that reconsideration would be an inadequate remedy. The Board denied the petition.