Court Opinion

ID: 9756599
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 21:39:46.360236+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:25.861024
License: Public Domain

concurring.
I concur in the result. I would emphasize that, in this case, the claimant’s refusal to follow through on the initial offer of employment was not based upon a recommendation by his treating physician. Although the majority phrases its holding in broad terms, I question whether it should extend to circumstances in which a claimant reasonably relies on a physician’s medical advice. This would seem to militate against affording an indeterminate preclusive effect to a finding of bad faith, *105even though the doctor’s conclusions might later be rejected by a workers’ compensation judge in light of conflicting medical evidence adduced in the workers’ compensation proceedings.