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QME/AME PROCEDURE

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Applicant entitled to an additional QME panel in internal medicine when the orthopedic QME testified that it would be appropriate for an internist or appropriate specialist to evaluate him.

Applicant entitled to a new QME, pursuant to Navarro, even though he returned to the original QME after filing a new claim.

Defendant allowed to forward sub rosa video to a QME and that the applicant did not have a right to production of defendant's sub rosa investigator’s report.

AME's reports would remain in evidence even though the examiner had to be replaced because he was no longer available for additional reporting or cross-examination.

Applicant, who claimed a single cumulative trauma injury while working for two different employers, was entitled to obtain a QME panel against each of the employers when she had not made an election pursuant to LC §5500.5(c).

Applicant’s request for a QME panel was invalid when it was simultaneously served with a Claim Form.

Unrepresented applicant entitled to be evaluated by a QME when she consulted with an attorney before the selection of a PQME but had not signed a fee agreement with an attorney until after the evaluation.