Court: Carrier Not Required to Separately Accept a Symptom

An insurer did not have to accept or deny a claimant's coccyx bruise as a new condition within 60 days because it was merely a symptom, the Oregon Court of Appeals concluded. Case: SAIF Corp. v. Stephens, No. A143526, 12/14/11, published.Facts: Sherrian Stephens, a caregiver, suffered an injury in 2007 when she fell at work and landed on her tailbone. On July 20, SAIF accepted the claim for a lumbar contusion and lumbar strain. Her physician diagnosed her with "coccydynia," which was defined as "pain in the coccyx." SAIF closed the claim in December 2007 with the accepted conditions of lum...