Driedric v. State of Michigan, Chippewa Regional Correctional Facility, 2018 ACO #9

1. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

a. Magistrate grants open award
b. Defendant argues no pathological change

2. FACTS
a. Cancer/pre-existing hernia
b. Plaintiff chases an inmate, notices bulge in abdomen; question of physical contact
c. Treating physician’s history lacks details on pre-existing condition

3. DECISION
a. WCAC reverses given treating doctor’s lack of knowledge about the specifics of the work incident
b. testimony was not competent and could not provide the foundation for the Magistrate’s conclusion of work injury