Court: Restatement of Restriction Is Not Release to Work, Doesn't Support TPD Conversion

The Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled that Delta Airlines failed to comply with the requirement to attach a recent medical report establishing that Jorge Lamar had been released to work. Though Delta cited a July 2023 medical report indicating that Lamar could work with a restriction on lifting more than 15 pounds, the court said the lifting restriction dated to at least September 2022. "If the 15-pound weight restriction was sufficient to clear Lamar to return to work with restrictions, then the employer/insurer should have provided notice of such release after the first time the docto...