Bohnert, Joshua

Applicant Joshua Bohnert sustained an injury while employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, with claims administered by Sedgwick. A defendant filed a Petition for Removal challenging some procedural aspect of the proceedings before the WCJ. The Appeals Board, after considering the petition and the WCJ's report, denied removal, finding that the petitioner failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, and that reconsideration would be an adequate remedy if a final adverse decision later issued. The Board noted that defendant may raise the issues asserted in its Petition at trial before the WCJ.