ID: No Benefits for IW Who Fails IME Questionnaire

The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed an Industrial Commission holding that an insurance carrier is justified in terminating benefits where an injured worker fails to completely cooperate with an Independent Medical Examination.In Cynthia Brewer vs. La Crosse Health & Rehab (2003 Opinion No. 63, 05/28/03), Brewer injured her back and received Total Temporary Disability (TTD) benefits. In order to determine whether Brewer's TTD benefits should continue, Life Care's surety, Old Republic, asked Brewer to submit to an IME. Though cooperating with the physical portion of the examination, Brewer refus...