Samia Morcos — ADJ11246488, ADJ19643909

Unrepresented applicant Samia Morcos entered into a Compromise and Release approved on August 6, 2024, which added a second cumulative injury claim. She later filed a Petition for Reconsideration alleging she lacked an interpreter, that handwritten changes were made after she signed, and that the cumulative injury was not explained to her. The WCJ responded by issuing an Order rescinding the OACR and setting the matter for a status conference. Defendant petitioned for removal (or reconsideration in the alternative), arguing due process violations because the WCJ acted without a hearing. The Board dismissed the reconsideration petition because the order rescinding the OACR was a non-final, interlocutory order, and denied removal because defendant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, noting significant deficiencies in the settlement record that justified allowing the WCJ to develop the record on adequacy.