The ChasenBoscolo trial team, led by Krista, Kevin and David Snyder, researched and refined their arguments. Using a rare legal technique called an “interlocutory appeal”, ChasenBoscolo appealed eight Orders continuing hearings due to the pandemic. We knew insurance company lawyers would try to indefinitely delay workers’ compensation hearings. Krista, Kevin, and the ChasenBoscolo trial team were ready. This is obviously terrible for injured workers who depend on workers’ compensation benefits to get the medical care they need to recover and to have money to support their families. The judges noted that hearings would be further delayed if “in-person” hearings did not resume by December. Many workers’ compensation judges agreed and continued hearings until December. In an effort to delay and deny their obligation to pay benefits, lawyers for insurance companies asked for postponements because they were entitled to an “in-person” hearing.
To protect injured workers’ right to medical care and wage replacement during the pandemic, the District of Columbia government ordered workers’ compensation hearings to resume by video.
Lawyers for insurance companies were trying to delay all workers’ compensation hearings until the COVID-19 pandemic ended. Attorneys Krista DeSmyter and Kevin Stillman fought and won a battle ensuring that all injured workers in the District of Columbia get their day in court during the pandemic.
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