Challenge to 39-71-744 benefits cut-off after 30 days incarceration rejected… Shea. [Read more…]
IME medical records review, expert disclosure
Reports/testimony of doctors who rendered impairment ratings based on review of records that conflicted with treating doctor’s impairment rating admissible… motion to exclude doctors for failure to meet 26(b)(4) disclosure [Read more…]
Spinal conditions causation
Claimant established that spinal conditions revealed in MRI caused by fall at work 10 months earlier… Shea. [Read more…]
Causation
Petitioner failed to prove current condition causally related to job injury… Shea. [Read more…]
Uninsured employer, indemnification/contribution
No standing by uninsured employer to seek indemnification/contribution from 3rd-party insurer… Shea. [Read more…]
Work comp privacy, CCJI, surveillance videos
WORK COMP PRIVACY: MSF correctly authorized to disseminate CCJI from surveillance videos of comp claimant… Reynolds affirmed. [Read more…]
Petition timeliness, mediation tolling
Petition timely within 2 years of claim denial, considering tolling from filing for mediation through 25 days following [Read more…]
Work comp, Flynn Order “paid in full”
WORK COMP: Flynn Order “paid in full” properly applies Dempsey retroactivity principles… Shea affirmed. [Read more…]
Asbestosis petition timeliness
Asbestosis petition more than 2 years after denial of benefits untimely… no equitable estoppel by further investigation [Read more…]
Guides edition
Correct edition of Guides for impairment rating is most recent edition at MMI… Shea. [Read more…]