Yesenia Carolina Menjivar Cortez — ADJ14385814

Defendant Barrett Business Services, Inc. and ACE American Insurance filed a Petition for Reconsideration challenging the WCJ's April 23, 2021 Order Denying defendant's Petition to Dismiss. The Board found that the order denying the petition to dismiss was solely an intermediate procedural order that did not determine any substantive right, liability, or threshold issue, and therefore was not a 'final' order subject to reconsideration. The Board dismissed the petition to the extent it sought reconsideration and, treating it as a petition for removal, denied removal because defendant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm. The Board also rejected defendant's supplemental pleading and noted that the relief sought (a petition to dismiss) was tantamount to an impermissible request for summary judgment, which is not allowed in workers' compensation proceedings.