April 3, 2016
An employee from Bowie, TX, working as a derrick worker for Basic Energy Services in Pennsylvania, sustained a work injury described as a left shoulder sprain/strain in February 2011 which the insurance carrier, Liberty Insurance Corporation, accepted via a Temporary Notice of Compensation Payable. We filed a Claim Petition and the parties later entered into a Stipulation in which it was agreed that the real description of injury was a contusion II AC separation injury to the left shoulder and agreed to a higher AWW and higher compensation rate. Also, the injured worker had been underpaid wage lose loss benefits, his average weekly wage and compensation rates were increased and he received reimbursement from the insurance carrier for their underpayments made to him. In 2014, we filed a Reinstatement Petition on behalf of the injured worker because his injury was causing a decreased earning power. While the claim was being actively litigated, the case ultimately settled for $107,000 via a compromise and release. Including the settlement, the injured worker received $201,157.91 in wage loss benefits and $31,605.92 in medical benefits for his work injury.
