Edwards v. Plant Works

11The defendants, Plant Works and Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC), appeal from the judgment of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) ordering an independent medical examination of the plaintiff, Peggy Edwards. For the following reasons, we affirm the WCJ judgment ordering the independent medical examination.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

In 2001, Ms. Edwards had undergone a corpectomy at C6, with anterior fixation and fusion at C5 through C7. Sometime thereafter, she became employed by Plant Works, a Scott, Louisiana business, as a plant-care technician. On November 8, 2005, she…