The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the suspension of an injured nurse’s benefits because she refused to participate in a telehealth evaluation requested by her employer.
Case: Novalic v. PeaceHealth, No. 58451-4-II, 07/16/2024, unpublished.
Facts: Eldina Novalic worked as a nurse for PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center. She injured her back at work in 2019.
The Department of Labor and Industries accepted the injury as compensable.
Later, one of Novalic’s evaluating doctors suggested that she was suffering from anxiety as a result of her injur...
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