Worker Misled by Claims Manager Gets Penalty From Carrier

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an injured worker who was tricked by a claims manager into an attending independent medical examination was entitled to a penalty award for the insurance carrier’s failure to pay for her medical treatment. Case: Berry v. Mid Century Insurance Co., No. 2018-4387, 05/29/2020, published. Facts: Ambronine Berry had a sudden onset of back pain while at work in February 2017. Her employer sent her to see chiropractor Steven Biggs. After Biggs recommended a magnetic resonance imaging scan to rule out a herniated disk, Be...