Insurance Claim – Worker’s Compensation

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, et al., v. Robert Haas, et al.

Case No.: 2017AP59

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Gundrum, J.

Focus: Insurance Claim – Worker’s Compensation

In this worker’s compensation case, American Family Mutual Insurance Company and Preferred Metal Products (hereinafter, American Family) challenge the admissibility of Dr. Cully White’s WKC-16-B (16-B) certified practitioner’s report filed pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 102.17(1)(d)1. (2015-16) and WIS. ADMIN. CODE § DWD 80.22 (Sept. 2017). American Family argues that while White was licensed to practice medicine at the time he filed his report, he was not so licensed when the hearing took place, and, therefore, his report was not admissible. We find that the plain language of § 102.17(1)(d)1. and DWD 80.22 clearly and unequivocally make the report admissible. American Family’s argument goes to the weight of White’s opinion, not its admissibility. We affirm

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