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Maria Maldonado — ADJ13707918

MARIA MALDONADO, Applicant vs. TIMIRAN, INC., dba HART FARMS, CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURA NETWORK SELF-INSURED GROUP Adjusted By INTERCARE FRESNO, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ13707918
Decision date
Nov 23, 2021
District office
Redding
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Intercare Fresno (administering for California Agricultura Network Self-Insured Group)
Commissioners
MARGUERITE SWEENEY, COMMISSIONER, DEIDRA E. LOWE, COMMISSIONER, KATHERINE A. ZALEWSKI, CHAIR
CCR §10843CCR §10955

Summary

Applicant Maria Maldonado filed a Petition for Removal challenging a WCJ's handling of discovery disputes and a determination of trial readiness at a mandatory settlement conference (MSC). The Appeals Board reviewed the petition alongside the WCJ's report and found that petitioner failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm that would result if removal were denied. The Board emphasized that removal is an extraordinary remedy rarely exercised and that the petitioner must also show reconsideration would not be an adequate remedy after a final decision. Finding no abuse of discretion in the MSC judge's authority to decide disputes over closing discovery and readiness for trial, the Board denied the Petition for Removal.

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