Judges Can Opt to Give Greater Weight to Examiners, Court Rules

A treating physician's testimony does not require greater weight than an examining physician's testimony, according to a published opinion from the Kentucky Supreme Court.The high court affirmed a decision dismissing a claim after concluding that Chapter 342 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes and applicable regulations do not grant greater weight to a treating physician's testimony in Sweeney v. King's Daughters Medical Center, No. 2007-SC-000885-WC, 8/21/08.Andrea Sue Sweeney was working as an operating room nurse for the King's Daughters Medical Center when she began to exp...