Another Outstanding Defense Victory
Congratulations to Dylan Prendergast on securing a favorable decision in a long-running New York Workers’ Compensation claim involving an attempt to expand an established claim from 1996 to include consequential left carpal tunnel syndrome and left cubital tunnel syndrome.
The claimant argued that decades of treatment for their established 1996 shoulder injury caused the development of additional nerve conditions in the left arm. Dylan carefully analyzed the extensive medical history and diagnostic testing. He then elicited strong supporting testimony in his depositions of the medical experts.
There was a significant gap between the original accident and the onset of the alleged conditions. Dylan also pointed out that the claimant developed the same condition on the opposite side without any occupational cause, supporting the position that the conditions were idiopathic rather than consequential to the work injury.
The Workers’ Compensation Law Judge credited Dylan’s argument over the claimant’s and concluded that the claimant did not demonstrate the necessary causal connection between the established claim and the alleged consequential conditions.
This case shows the importance of a thorough review of the medical record, strategic expert testimony, and careful development of the factual and medical evidence needed to successfully defend complex consequential injury claims.
Please join us in congratulating Dylan on this excellent result!
The claimant argued that decades of treatment for their established 1996 shoulder injury caused the development of additional nerve conditions in the left arm. Dylan carefully analyzed the extensive medical history and diagnostic testing. He then elicited strong supporting testimony in his depositions of the medical experts.
There was a significant gap between the original accident and the onset of the alleged conditions. Dylan also pointed out that the claimant developed the same condition on the opposite side without any occupational cause, supporting the position that the conditions were idiopathic rather than consequential to the work injury.
The Workers’ Compensation Law Judge credited Dylan’s argument over the claimant’s and concluded that the claimant did not demonstrate the necessary causal connection between the established claim and the alleged consequential conditions.
This case shows the importance of a thorough review of the medical record, strategic expert testimony, and careful development of the factual and medical evidence needed to successfully defend complex consequential injury claims.
Please join us in congratulating Dylan on this excellent result!
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