Crawford & Co. v. Wright

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns a post-award medical dispute filed by Crawford <& Company (Crawford), the defendant-employer’s third-party insurance adjuster. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) vacated an order by the Chief ALJ (CALJ) that reopened the underlying claim for additional proof to be taken and the merits of the dispute adjudicated. Considering only the evidence that Crawford submitted with the motion and Form 112, the ALJ determined that Crawford had no responsibility for future medical treatment of the claimant’s knee problems and denied his petition for reconsideration.

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