Panel Affirms Ending Of Benefits Paid By Insurance Guaranty Association

Mealey's (January 10, 2018, 10:36 AM EST) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — In a workers’ compensation case, a Louisiana appeals panel on Jan. 8 upheld the termination of indemnity and medical benefits paid by the Kentucky Insurance Guaranty Association (KIGA) because there was no connection between an employee’s multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and work accident (Kym Hurst v. Cirrus Allied LLC and Kentucky Insurance Guaranty Association, No. 2017 CA 0731, La. App., 1st Cir., 2018 La. App. LEXIS 43)....