The Freibott Law Firm was recently successful in prosecuting a claim on behalf of one of our clients. Our client alleged an injury to his low back as the result of work-related accident on April 22, 2019. The employer and its insurance company denied the claim based on its allegation that our client did not properly report that the work accident had caused an injury to his low back; rather, he had only suffered an injury to his hip. The Industrial Accident Board found that our client’s version of how the incident occurred was credible. The Industrial Accident Board further held that our medical expert, Dr. Zaslavsky of First State Orthopaedics, was more credible than that of the defense doctor, Dr. Andrew Gelman. Accordingly, the Industrial Accident Board acknowledged that an industrial accident occurred; that our client injured his low back; awarded ongoing total disability from the date of the accident forward; and ordered the worker’s compensation insurance company to pay an attorney’s fee as well as reimburse our firm for the testimony of our medical expert. (Meyers v. First Group America., Hearing No.: 1485185 Date of Decision: February 13, 2020)
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