Tag: treating physician

May 3, 2019

Virginia Court Says Fear of Needles Isn’t Enough to Warrant Change in MDs

The Court of Appeals of Virginia recently affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission that denied a claimant’s petition to change her treating physician where the physician indicated...

Virginia Court Says Fear of Needles Isn’t Enough to Warrant Change in MDs Virginia Court Says Fear of Needles Isn’t Enough to Warrant Change in MDs
Jan 27, 2016

Georgia M.D.’s Medical Report Indicating Claimant Was Threat to Doctor and Staff Not Libelous

Where an patient’s treating physician dictated a narrative report that became part of the patient’s worker’s compensation claim file indicating that the patient, through a translator, had made threatening statements...

Georgia M.D.’s Medical Report Indicating Claimant Was Threat to Doctor and Staff Not Libelous Georgia M.D.’s Medical Report Indicating Claimant Was Threat to Doctor and Staff Not Libelous