Employer Must Pay for Worker's Spinal Cord Stimulator Assessments

A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a former corrections officer is entitled to have his employer pay for evaluations to determine whether a spinal cord stimulator is reasonable and necessary treatment. Case: Washington County Board of Supervisors v. Smith, No. 2019-WC-01193-COA, 09/15/2020, published. Facts: John Smith worked for the Washington County Board of Supervisors as a correctional officer. He suffered injuries while trying to restrain an inmate in March 2016. A magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed Smith had a complete tear of his patellar tend...