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LINDA SMITHEM vs. REDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, PIPS (Protected Insurance Program for Schools) JPA, KEENAN & ASSOCIATES

Filed: Mar 14, 2011
San Francisco
ADJ4196316

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration of a Finding and Award. The original award required the defendant to provide a lift for a motorized scooter and a vehicle accommodating it as reasonable medical treatment for the applicant's industrial injury. The defendant argued this was unreasonable medical treatment and that the judge exceeded her authority. The Board adopted the WCJ's report, denying reconsideration, but noted the defendant's ongoing obligation to negotiate in good faith for the required equipment.

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration of a Finding and Award. The original award required the defendant to provide a lift for a motorized scooter and a vehicle accommodating it as reasonable medical treatment for the applicant's industrial injury. The defendant argued this was unreasonable medical treatment and that the judge exceeded her authority. The Board adopted the WCJ's report, denying reconsideration, but noted the defendant's ongoing obligation to negotiate in good faith for the required equipment.

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