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DENNIS DEMARCO vs. PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, SEDGWICK CMS

Filed: Feb 27, 2017
Marina Del Rey
ADJ6845087

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration in the case of Dennis Demarco. The defendant failed to meet its burden of proof for apportionment because the medical opinions presented were not sufficiently reasoned or based on reasonable medical probability. The Board adopted the WCJ's reasoning, which found the opinions of the agreed medical evaluators regarding industrial causation for sleep disorders to be persuasive.

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration in the case of Dennis Demarco. The defendant failed to meet its burden of proof for apportionment because the medical opinions presented were not sufficiently reasoned or based on reasonable medical probability. The Board adopted the WCJ's reasoning, which found the opinions of the agreed medical evaluators regarding industrial causation for sleep disorders to be persuasive.

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DENNIS DEMARCO vs. PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, SEDGWICK CMS (2017) – Marina Del Rey | CompFox