What the panel ordered
The Appeals Board granted the petition for removal, rescinded the September 11, 2024 orders to appear and produce, and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings.
Defendant filed a petition for removal from the WCJ's orders to appear and produce documents issued on September 11, 2024, which the WCJ denied, and the Appeals Board reviewed the petition for removal.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The Appeals Board found that the WCJ's orders violated defendant's due process rights by denying a hearing on the petition to quash, constituting substantial prejudice and irreparable harm, thus justifying removal.
From the decision · page 1Defendant has filed a petition for removal from the orders to appear and produce issued on September 11, 2024, by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ), which ordered a representative from two investigation companies to appear in person at a subsequent hearing and produce their entire investigation files for inspection.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.