Legal Opinion
Claim of Kigin v. State of New York Workers' Compensation Board
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 18, 2013Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Spain, J.
In 1996, claimant was in a work-related automobile accident in which she sustained injuries to her head, neck and lower back; she received workers’ compensation benefits and returned to work full time in 1998. Medical coverage was provided for numerous diagnostic tests and studies, chiropractic and orthopedic treatments, and physical and other therapies for her ongoing neck and back pain as prescribed by several treating physicians. Her diagnoses included cervical and lumbar radiculopathies, muscle spasm, dysesthesias/paresthesias, cervical disc disease and…
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