No Benefits for Hotel Worker With Inconsistent Accounts of Injury, Symptom Magnification

The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a hotel worker who provided inconsistent accounts of how she was injured and demonstrated signs of symptom magnification. Case: Jones v. Embassy Suites Little Rock, No. CV-20-588, 09/01/2021, published. Facts: Roberta Jones worked for Embassy Suites Little Rock. She filed a workers’ compensation claim alleging she injured herself during the breakfast service on March 9, 2018, when she attempted to lift a coffee pot onto a counter and heard a "pop" in her neck. Jones saw Dr. Olivia Xu-Cai on March 13, 2018. The doct...