TIMOTHY HUCHTHAUSEN vs. ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS, AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PA

This case concerns a defendant's petition for reconsideration of a workers' compensation award requiring payment of applicant's travel expenses to California for surgery. The defendant argued that California was an unreasonable geographic area for treatment and that the applicant failed to prove adequate treatment was unavailable in Connecticut. The Board denied reconsideration, finding the defendant's legal argument flawed and affirming that the defendant bears the burden of proving the availability of equally effective treatment closer to the applicant's domicile.