No MPN Defense for Employer of Worker Injured by Cow

A California farm that failed to give employees a list of the physicians in its medical provider network must pay for the self-procured medical treatment obtained by a worker who was injured by a cow that pushed him through a fence, a divided panel of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board ruled.The case was Matancias v. Milk Maid Dairy et al.WCAB Commissioners Ronnie G. Caplane and Frank M. Bass ruled that Milk Maid Dairy did not give proper notice of its MPN to employee Juan Carillo Matancias and therefore had to pay for the treatment that Mantacias obtained on his own at the San Joaqui...