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Employer fails to block compensation reinstatement

A superior court has dismissed an employer's appeal against a finding that it acted unlawfully when it decided to cease an injured worker's weekly payments based on the opinion of a consultant occupational physician, who didn't keep records of her assessment or closely consider the relevant work incident.

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