Treatment Guidelines Apply Regardless of Date of Injury

By Sherri OkamotoLegal ReporterLouisiana's medical treatment fee schedule applies to all requests for medical treatment and disputes emanating from requests for medical treatment after the July 2011 effective date of the medical treatment schedule, regardless of the date of the work-related injury or accident, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.It was a relatively quick decision for the court, coming out just over one month after it heard oral arguments in Cook v. Family Care Services and Church Mutual Insurance Co. v. Dardar. The ruling reverses the position that four of the five stat...