N.H. v. Coachman Insurance Company (18-006770)

The claimant sought further IRBs; the insurer argued that the claimant failed to attend an IE. Adjudicator Ferguson held that the subject IE was not reasonably necessary to determine the claimant’s entitlement to benefits. The IE was scheduled after the Case Conference; the scheduling of the IE would delay the hearing of the merits of the claim; the IE was similar in nature to earlier IEs; and there was no new information that required the insurer to obtain new IEs. The claim was allowed to continue.