OWC Did Not Err by Siding with IME's Opinion, Court Concludes

The Office of Workers' Compensation did not have to give a treating physician more weight than an independent medical examiner's opinion, a Louisiana appeals court concluded. Case: Idusuyi v. Earl K. Long Medical Center, No. 2012 CA 0751, 12/21/12, published. Facts: Dorothy Idusuyi, an administrative coordinator for the Earl K. Long Medical Center, stood up from her computer and heard her left knee pop on Oct. 12, 2006. She underwent three surgeries on her left knee, including a partial knee replacement in 2008. Her employer agreed that the knee injury was compensable. Idusuyi alleged ...