Workers' Compensation
Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Twin Cities Hospital v. Cantrell
30 FLW D256
JCC found that the claimant had not proved the existence or causal relationship of RSD or complex regional pain syndrome to accepted compensable accident. Nevertheless, the judge awarded a RSD evaluation based upon an authorized doctor’s prescription. The doctor had also removed the claimant from work pending the evaluation although he did not place the claimant in a "no work" status but rather sedentary employment. Court determined that judge erred in requiring the employer/carrier to provide an RSD evaluation and awarding benefits to the claimant until such time as the evaluation could be performed. There was no finding that the referral for the evaluation was medically necessary or causally related to the work accidents. In addition, there was no evidence that the claimant could not work during periods of alleged disability. The claimant suffered from major depression and a cognitive disorder. However, none of the doctors could say that the major depression or disorder were causally connected to the work place accident.
