What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal granted; Order Granting Change of Venue rescinded; case returned to San Francisco district office for further proceedings.
Petition for Removal of Order Granting Change of Venue filed by defendant RND Contractors, Inc.
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 Order changing venue was issued without a proper request under Labor Code section 5501.6, without a hearing or opportunity to be heard, violating due process and causing substantial prejudice and irreparable harm to defendant.
From the decision · page 4Here, the PWCJ issued the Order changing venue of this matter to the Bakersfield district office based upon defendant's petition for consolidation of the case with two other cases, but without a proper request to change venue under Labor Code section 5501.6, without creation of a record, and without providing the parties with an opportunity to offer evidence in rebuttal or otherwise object. Thus, the Order violated due process thereby causing defendant substantial prejudice and irreparable harm.