Joseph Ruiz — ADJ12503420, ADJ12503558

Defendant Pacific Steel Group and its insurer, Property and Casualty Insurance Company of Hartford, filed a Petition for Removal in the consolidated claims of applicant Joseph Ruiz. The Appeals Board considered the allegations of the petition along with the WCJ's report. The Board emphasized that removal is an extraordinary remedy granted only where the petitioner shows substantial prejudice or irreparable harm and that reconsideration would not be an adequate remedy. Finding neither standard met, the Board dismissed/denied the petition and noted the matter was set for trial on February 4, 2021, where defendant could raise its discovery request with the trial judge.