^$125,000.00

Workers' Compensation Settlement

Paul Odegaard represented a widow whose husband tragically died due to sudden cardiac arrest while he was in the course and scope of his duty as a truck driver. The work comp insurer denied the claim, arguing that the cardiac event was "idiopathic" and otherwise not related to any activity or exertion involved with the worker's job duties. Mr. Odegaard contested the denial on the widow's behalf and obtained critical medical causation opinion from a reputed cardiologist who opined that the cardiac event was primarily caused by the worker's physical exertion loading the truck shortly before he began on his delivery route.