Exxon Office Systems Co., QWIP Division v. Lewis

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge.

The serial hearing before the deputy, with belated depositions shifting the issues tried, resulted in an order crediting the opinion of an osteopathic physician who did not see claimant until six months after the end of her treatment by two orthopedists who declared her fit in July 1980 and by a chiropractor who thought she was nearly so. The osteopath opined that claimant was temporarily and totally disabled at the time of his examination, in January 1981. We confirm the deputy’s entitlement to credit the osteopathic opinion, and so affirm the benefits…