Lavonda Goins — ADJ2853487, ADJ7778013

Applicant Lavonda Goins filed a Petition for Reconsideration/Removal challenging a WCJ decision in two consolidated cases against Pacific Bell Company, a permissibly self-insured employer. The WCJ's decision was a 'hybrid' order containing both a final determination on a threshold issue and an interlocutory finding. Because the petitioner only challenged the interlocutory finding, the Appeals Board applied the removal standard rather than the reconsideration standard. The Board found that the petitioner failed to demonstrate significant prejudice or irreparable harm and that reconsideration would be an adequate remedy if an adverse final decision later issued. The Board denied the Petition.