Arizona Man Wins Benefits, But Loses Bid to Reopen 1987 Claim

An Arizona man won his bid for psychiatric care, but lost his attempt to reopen his 1987 claim because he did not sufficiently prove that he needed cervical surgery.The Arizona Court of Appeals, Division 2, affirmed an adminstrative law judge's decision to award petitioner James Richardson psychiatric care and some medical treatment for his 1987 injury, but refused to reopen the case in Richardson v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, No. 2 CA-IC 2006-0024, 1/25/08. The judge refused to reopen the case because a panel of medical experts agreed that Richardson's back condition did not re...