The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to continue treatment with a pain-management physician and narcotic medication since her employer failed to carry its burden to prove that this treatment was not reasonably necessary and causally related to her industrial back injury.Case: C & T of Hazard v. Stollings, No. 2012-SC-000834-WC, 10/24/2013, unpublished.Facts: Chantella Stollings suffered a work-related back injury in 1999 while working for C & T of Hazard. She received an award of permanent partial disability benefits and future medical benefits.In 2008, Stollings...
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