Wyoming High Court Says MD’s Certification is Not Required in Odd Lot Cases

Ex Parte Contact With IME Doctor Results in Sanctions Against MS Employer

NY Court Says Law Judge Must Limit Decision to Actual Issue at Hand

Illustrating the important point that a hearing officer or judge must stick to those matters that are specifically at issue, and not wander off to determine other questions that might...

Nebraska Claimant Fails to Connect Sinus Cavity Clot to Earlier DVT

In an unpublished opinion that illustrates the difficulty in establishing medical causation in many aggravation cases, a Nebraska appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Court denying...

Florida IME MD Need Not be Board-Certified Pulmonologist to Testify as to Causation of Lung Condition

Testimony by the employer’s independent medical examiner, in which the physician opined that the major contributing cause of claimant’s need for treatment for his respiratory condition was his 17-year history...

Ohio: Cautious Medical Testimony Dooms Death Benefits Claim Related to “Poster Child for Heart Disease”

An Ohio appellate court recently found that medical evidence presented in a death claim case was too speculative to support the required causal connection between a worker’s fatal heart attack...