Experience

• Secured a favorable claim petition decision on behalf of a specialty steel manufacturer denying an alleged low back injury and avoiding an estimated past wage loss exposure of $50,000.00 plus associated past and future medical treatment expenses. In doing so, extensive employer testimony was offered regarding the claimant’s work environment, as well as testimony from the employer offering rebuttal to the claimant’s purported mechanism of injury. Our aggressive discovery efforts unearthed evidence of a long- standing pre-morbid low back condition.

• Obtained a decision on behalf of an industrial manufacturer denying and dismissing a claim petition seeking the award of past and future workers’ compensation wage loss and medical benefits for an alleged plantar fasciitis injury. In doing so, the employer offered lay testimony rebutting the claimant’s depiction of his work environment and confirming the employer’s use of padded flooring in and around claimant’s workstations, as well as an independent medical examination which refuted not only causation of the claimant’s injury but the allegation that claimant’s work-related standing and walking activities caused an aggravation of a pre-existing condition. The decision avoided substantial exposure for the payment of past wage loss and future wage loss benefits in excess of $100,000.00.

• Obtained a denial of a first notice claim petition for a meniscus tear/knee injury by a waitress/short order cook for a national restaurant chain avoiding the imposition of surgical costs, and past and future wage loss benefits in excess of $50,000.00. The use of social media surveys and hospital canvassing allowed a critical finding regarding claimant’s complained of knee condition being inconsistent with her post-injury surgical presentation and a favorable IME opinion to contest causation.