Dove v. Sentry Insurance

Andrews, Judge.

Martin Dove was injured on the job and Sentry, his employer’s workers’ compensation carrier, paid benefits and medical bills as a result of the injury. Dove continued to experience various symptoms and his doctors recommended additional testing, which Sentry refused to approve. Four months after the injury, Dove committed suicide by prescription drug overdose.

Dove’s widow, Martha, claimed Sentry was responsible for causing Martin to take a drug overdose because it refused necessary medical treatments. Sentry maintained that because Martin’s death was self-inflicted, it was not…