Court Upholds PTD Award Based on Medical Panel Opinion

The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a worker, based on a medical panel opinion that had used diagnostic criteria at odds with the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. Case: Clean Harbors Environmental Services v. Labor Commission, No. 20180448-CA, 04/04/2019, published. Facts: David Fox worked for Clean Harbors Environmental Services. While at work in August 2012, Fox began to clean hazardous material out of a large tank using a high-pressure hose. Even though Fox was wearing three pairs of glo...