Donald Yeager vs. Calportland Company; Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Usa, Inc., Administered By Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
In this case, Donald Yeager, an employee of Calportland Company, filed three applications for adjudication of claim alleging that he suffered injury to his pulmonary system, cardiovascular system, esophagus, auditory system and kidneys from March 19, 1977 to March 26, 2009; to his back on August 13, 2008; and, to his upper extremities, back and psyche on October 12, 2009. The parties submitted a pre-trial conference statement dated February 16, 2017 in which applicant identified as an issue for trial, “whether applicant is entitled to replace Dr. Omar Syed Tirmizi as pulmonary QME.” A trial was conducted by WCJ Pollak on April 17, 2017. During the proceeding, applicant was