{"id":5845,"date":"2016-12-12T16:25:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5845"},"modified":"2016-12-12T16:25:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:25:51","slug":"no-need-magic-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/no-need-magic-words\/","title":{"rendered":"No Need for Magic Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/fred-j-lewis\">By Fred J. Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">In <i>Green v. Industrial Special Indemnity Fund <\/i>(Second Injury Fund), the Claimant was a sawyer who was struck by a falling tree. The Second Injury Fund appealed from the Idaho Industrial Commission\u2019s determination that Green was totally and permanently disabled and that his disability was due to the combined effects of a lumbar fusion and cervical fusion related to the industrial accident and a preexisting thoracic fusion. The Second Injury Fund argued that the Idaho Industrial Commission made a mistake regarding the application of the &#8220;but for&#8221; test for determining Second Injury liability.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">The Idaho Supreme Court specifically held that in applying the &#8220;but for&#8221; test, it is not necessary for a claimant\u2019s physician to use magic language in rendering an opinion regarding the effects of the prior condition and the last industrial accident. The Second Injury Fund focused on two sentences in the Commission\u2019s decision to argue that the Commission failed to apply the &#8220;but for&#8221; test. But those two sentences are: &#8220;Therefore, per Drs. Ganz and McNulty, the fact that Claimant has a preexisting T12-L1 fusion increases the risk that he will have further problems from L3-5 fusion unless he observes certain prophylactic limitations\/restrictions. We believe this demonstrates that Claimant\u2019s preexisting thoracic spine condition does combine with the effects of the work accident to contribute to Claimant\u2019s total and permanent disability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/no-need-magic-words\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading No Need for Magic Words\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fred J. Lewis In Green v. Industrial Special Indemnity Fund (Second Injury Fund), the Claimant was a sawyer who was struck by a falling tree. 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