Patrick Connolly — ADJ9148470

Applicant Patrick Connolly filed a Petition for Removal challenging an interim ruling of the WCJ in his claim against Southern California Edison, a permissibly self-insured employer. The Appeals Board accepted petitioner's supplemental filing and considered the allegations alongside the WCJ's report. Applying the standards governing removal, the Board found that petitioner failed to demonstrate substantial prejudice or irreparable harm if removal were denied, and failed to show that reconsideration would be an inadequate remedy following any final adverse decision. The Board adopted the WCJ's analysis of the merits and denied the Petition for Removal.