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Case History #N-1899
Statistics
 44 year old male
 Factory worker/supervisor for a Snack Food manufacturing facility in Hartford,
CT.
 Carpal tunnel in both wrists reaching MMI 17 months after injury
 Work restrictions placed by treating physician include:
o No lifting greater than 20 pounds (occasionally)
o No repetitive motion- pulling, pushing
Background Information
Claimant worked for insured for 19 years prior to incident and is cleared to work full-time
with the above mentioned limitations. He has a high school education plus one year of
community college with computer literacy. His average weekly wage was $600 per
week. During his employment, he was making pretzels in a factory setting sometimes
physically running the dough machines and twisting pretzels from time to time. He also
supervised 24 employees. Prior work history was in labor type of positions with
construction companies.
This individual is single and lives in a suburb of Hartford, CT. The geographic area of
the claimant’s residence is outside of the city, so we conducted the job search within a
radius of 20 miles. His date of injury was 17 months prior to reaching MMI and the
employer could not make light duty available.
Enter National Job Finders
The goal of this case was to prove job availability and to leverage a more favorable
settlement for the client. We reviewed the assets we had to work with including job
stability, supervision, experience, hiring an firing employees, ordering supplies and
maintaining efficiency. He had to perform all duties from time to time to maintain
smooth operation and meet stated production demands during his shift.
Since his job was one of responsibility and required discipline, accountability, and
inventory control in a food-service industry, we looked at route sales, national food
chains and hotel catering departments.
The first interview was as an Assistant for a Route Salesman with liquor distribution
setting up cardboard displays with established accounts and assisting the salesman
with orders and credits. The starting salary was $14 per hour and the job was light-duty
in nature. The second interview was as an Assistant Manager for a national food chain
that involved running the second shift, supervising workers, ordering supplies and
learning to eventually take over full management at another location. The wage was
established at $12.45 per hour with imminent advancement opportunities and was
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sedentary in nature. A third interview was scheduled as an Assistant Banquet Manager
with a large hotel chain in their banquet and convention facility. The duties included
ordering food, inspecting deliveries and ensuring the table set-ups were established
while supervising 11 employees. The wage started at $15.55 per hour. Also as a large
hotel chain, there are other locations in the area that provided additional opportunities
for advancement.
Conclusion
The three job interviews were scheduled for the claimant and were all attended. Other
jobs were in the process of being confirmed. The claimant did give a good account of
himself at each meeting, and on two of them, a second meeting was scheduled. Behind
the scenes, the claimant’s attorney approached the insurance company encouraging
them to take advantage of the earlier settlement discussions that were ongoing. The
settlement was executed for far less than the demand and the total billing on the file
was less than $5000. the total time worked on the file was seven weeks.
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