Background Information Services Inc. v. Office of State Court Administrator

In this workers compensation proceeding, Phyllis Kroupa (claimant) seeks review of the final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) upholding the denial by Mercy Medical Center, and its insurer, Sedgwick James, Ltd. (collectively employer), of her request for additional knee surgery. She argues that her constitutional and statutory rights were violated because the hearing before the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) was conducted by means of video teleconferencing. She also contends that the ALJ abused her discretion in finding that the surgery was neither reasonable nor necessary. We affirm.