Employer Did Not Interfere with Brain-Damaged Worker's Care

An Iowa employer did not abandon the medical care for a brain-damaged worker, or wrongfully interfere with his treatment, by exercising its statutory right to select a treating doctor after the worker's treating neurologist retired, the Court of Appeals ruled. Case: Millenkamp v. Millenkamp Cattle, No. 3-047 / 11-2068, 04/10/2013, published.Facts: Thomas Millenkamp suffered a work-related traumatic brain injury in February 2001. His employer accepted liability.Dr. Patrick Sterrett served as Millenkamp's treating neurologist up until 2007 or 2008, when the doctor retired from pract...