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Kellie Redding Case Summary

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On Tuesday, January 1, 2016, at approximately 9:10 a.m., I, Investigator Torres, met with Office Administrator Ms. Kellie Redding at her office at 1026 East Chapman, Suite C, Orange, CA. After a brief discussion with Ms. Redding, she agreed to give a recorded statement, and the details of that interview are as follows: Ms. Redding is the Office Administrator at Core Physical Therapy, at one of their seven locations at 1026 Chapman, Suite C, Orange, CA. She oversees the Workers’ Compensation reporting with the insured elected workers’ compensation company. She corresponds with Claims Adjusters for any Workers’ Compensation claims including the company’s pre-designated medical group; Sunrise Medical Center in Orange, CA. Ms. Redding said …show more content…

Redding stated that she saw the claimant report to work pain-free without wearing any orthopedic wrist-guards or braces on her right wrist. That same afternoon, an employee informed her that the claimant was inside one of the exam rooms with Mr. Luis Taylor, a Physical Therapist. She was informed the claimant was being treated for a right wrist injury that may have occurred outside of work, as Mr. Taylor conducting a courtesy exam for the claimant since she was an employee. Ms. Redding could not recall whom the employee has who informed her about Mr. Taylor NIL the …show more content…

Redding allowed the claimant to leave work early on 11-13-2015, per the request of the claimant. When she questioned the claimant, again about her right wrist injury, the claimant never mentioned or reported that her injuries to her right wrist to her fingers on her right hand were work-related. Ms. Redding stated over the weekend she did not hear from the claimant. On Monday, 11-16-2015 she recalled the claimant had punched in early for work that morning and did not say anything to her until shortly later around mid-morning when the claimant came into her office. She said the claimant was brief with her when she requested to file a Workers’ Compensation claim for her alleged right wrist injury coupled with pain to her right fingers. She claimed that her injury was work-related, and her injury occurred on 11-12-2015. Ms. Redding stated she did not want to argue or debate with the claimant as to the claimant’s initial allegations of injuries and not being work related as told to her on 11-13-2015. After notifying supervisor Ms. Monica Alvarez on 11-13-15 about the claimant’s allegations and her Workers’ Compensation claim, Ms. Redding received authorization from Ms. Alvarez to have the claimant to be medically treated at the Sunrise Medical

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