Claims adjustor blames harassment, humiliation from supervisor for condition
In a recent case, a doctor attributed 45% of the applicant’s psychiatric injury to severe stress due to ongoing alleged harassment, humiliation, and a hostile work environment caused by her supervisor and 30% to a combination of personnel actions.
The applicant in the case of Puga vs. Sedgwick Claims Management Services and Property & Casualty Insurance Company of Hartford, administered by Sedgwick Claims Management Services worked as a claims adjustor for the defendant employer. She claimed that she sustained a psychiatric injury while employed during the period from Oct. 25, 2017 to Oct. 25, 2018.
Dr. Yatin Patel was the psychiatric qualified medical examiner. The doctor evaluated and interviewed the applicant, took her history, reviewed her medical record, did psychological testing, and conducted an analysis in line with the case of Rolda v. Pitney Bowes (2001).
Dr. Patel diagnosed the applicant with the following: adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and panic disorder without agoraphobia. The doctor found both conditions to be in partial remission.
The workers’ compensation administrative law judge found that the applicant suffered a psychiatric injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment, that she should receive further medical treatment to cure or to relieve her from the injury’s effects, and that the injury caused no temporary disability or...
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