Brown v. Transamerica IMS

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Harry Brown was an employee of Transamerica IMS when he sustained a work-related injury to his back. During the course of his treatment with his employer-approved physician, Dr. Brian Bothe, Brown began to experience depression as a result of his injury, and Dr. Bothe referred him to Dr. Michael McGarry, a psychologist. Brown did not like Dr. McGarry and requested that Dr. Bothe refer him to Dr. Robert George, a psychologist who was treating Brown’s mother in law. Dr. Bothe agreed to refer Brown to Dr. George on August 1, 1988. On August 31,1988, Dr. Bothe told Brown not…