COEM Court: You Be the Judge!

CME/MOC: 1.5
TRACK: Regulatory, Legal, Military, and Governmental OEM

Laurence John Free, Esq., Keating, Wagner, Polidori & Free, Denver, CO
Alisa M. Koval, MD, MPH, MHSA, Denver Health/COSH, Denver, CO
Paul Krueger, JD, Ritsema & Lyon, PC, Denver, CO
Michael J. Levine, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Occupational Medical Consultant, Williamsburg, VA
Francesca K. Litow, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk, VA
X. J. Ethan Moses, MD, MPH, Peak Form Medical Clinic, Brighton, CO
Sadie Sanchez, MD, MPH, Denver Health Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Denver, CO

This session will present workers’ compensation cases based on case files (or presenting facts that mimic what has occurred in files, adjusted to maximize educational value), wherein faculty will portray the roles of claimant’s attorney, a defense attorney and physical defending/explaining the position taken with regard to restrictions, maximum medical improvement, accommodations in the workplace, or other issues impacting fitness to return to work. Participants will be engaged and will “vote” as to their “ruling” on each case, based upon the information presented. The faculty will then present and discuss the actual court decision(s) pertinent to each case. Although cases will be drawn from Colorado case files, the information presented will be based upon principles common to workers’ compensation law in general and not limited to Colorado.