'Rigid Rules' Did Not Allow Judge's 'Creative' Solutions

The 3rd District Court of Appeal on Tuesday heralded the efforts of a workers' compensation judge to bring a "creative and compassionate" solution to resolve a long-running battle over the treatment of a California worker who had relocated to Maryland, but said the statutes governing the workers' compensation system did not allow the judge such leeway.In its unpublished decision by Presiding Justice Vance Raye, the court acknowledged that the exasperation of the parties who had appeared before Workers' Compensation Administrative Law Judge Joseph S. Samuel in Adventist He...