What the panel ordered
Petition for removal granted; Order Granting Change of Venue issued on October 14, 2025, rescinded; defendant's petition for change of venue denied; venue returned to Pomona District Office
Petition for removal from the Order Granting Change of Venue issued by the WCJ on October 14, 2025
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.
Applicant resides in Los Angeles County and is permitted to file the application at any district office within the county; the order changing venue to Marina del Rey was improper and would cause substantial prejudice and irreparable harm to applicant; removal is granted to rescind the order and deny defendant's petition for change of venue.
From the decision · page 1Removal is an extraordinary remedy rarely exercised by the Appeals Board. (Cortez v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2006) 136 Cal.App.4th 596, 599, fn. 5 [71 Cal.Comp.Cases 155]; Kleemann v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2005) 127 Cal.App.4th 274, 280, fn. 2 [70 Cal.Comp.Cases 133].) The Appeals Board will grant removal only if the petitioner shows that substantial prejudice or irreparable harm will result if removal is not granted. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, 10955(a); see also Cortez, supra; Kleemann, supra.) Also, the petitioner must demonstrate