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Workers’ Comp - Limitations - Claim By Letter - Slip & Fall (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 1, 2008

A truck driver who slipped and fell on ice while making a delivery in February 2004, and who initially received workers’ comp for his scalp laceration and cervical strain, filed a valid claim for back injury through correspondence from his lawyer in December 2005, the Court of Appeals holds. Employer essentially presents two litigable questions on ...
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