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CRAWFORD & CO. v. WRIGHT

Nos. 2008-SC-000646-WC, 2008-SC-000746-WC.

284 S.W.3d 136 (2009)

CRAWFORD & COMPANY, Appellant, v. Joseph WRIGHT; Dr. Scott Watkins; Dr. David Watkins; Honorable Marcel Smith, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. Joseph Wright, Cross-Appellant, v. Crawford & Company; Dr. Scott Watkins; Dr. David Watkins; Honorable Marcel Smith, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Walter Aubrey, Mary Ellen Schaffner, Pohl, Kiser & Aubrey, P.S.C., Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Crawford & Company.

William B. Norment, Jr., Dorsey, King, Gray, Norment & Hopgood, Henderson, KY, Counsel for Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Joseph Wright.

Dr. Scott Watkins, pro se, Dr. David Watkins, pro se, Henderson, KY, Counsel for Appellees/Cross-Appellees.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns a post-award medical dispute filed by Crawford & Company (Crawford), the defendant-employer's third-party insurance adjuster. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) vacated an order by the Chief ALJ (CALJ) that reopened the underlying claim for additional proof to be taken and the merits of the dispute adjudicated. Considering only the evidence that Crawford submitted with the motion and Form 112, the ALJ determined that...

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