Attorney successfully defended a Workers' Compensation case on behalf of a gas station

Attorney successfully defended a Workers' Compensation case on behalf of a gas station. Plaintiff alleged that he sustained an ongoing disabling psychiatric injury as a result of a threat by a co-worker. The employer was forced to concede the threat was conveyed, but continued to defend the case from both factual and medical perspectives. After entering into evidence surveillance reports and tapes, fact witness testimony and expert medical opinions, the employer was able to limit the claim to a closed period of disability, ending with a termination of benefits as of the date of the employer's independent psychiatric examination. Given that the claimant received STD during the period of disability, there was no award of benefits from the Workers' Compensation order.