Claimant Forfeits TTD Benefits for Insisting Father Attend IME

A workers' compensation claimant did not have a right to refuse an independent medical examination unless her father was present and must forfeit temporary total disability benefits for the period that she delayed the examination, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled. Case: Finke v. Comair Inc., No. 2014-CA-000624-WC, 04/29/2016. Facts: Teresa Finke worked as a flight attendant for Comair, a subsidiary of Delta Airlines based at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. She injured her right hand and shoulder at work in May 2007 and was briefly taken off work. After returnin...