Nurse Case Manager Gets Benefits for Back Condition Linked to Accident

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a nurse case manager was entitled to benefits for a back condition linked to a car accident. Case: Krezelak v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America, No. 2020-4954, 09/16/2021, published.   Facts: Candida Krezelak worked as a nurse. She suffered a low back strain in September 2009 while trying to lift a patient. A magnetic resonance imaging scan taken around this time showed L4-5 degenerative disc disease with mild desiccation and no definite disc herniation, and some neuroforaminal narrowing at L5. Krezelak underwent physical...