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Kline v. Berg Drywall, Inc.
Jim Coben
Where a three stage ADR process contained in a collective bargaining agreement excludes legal counsel from the stage one facilitation and limits legal counsel from communicating directly with the mediator in stage two, the resulting diminution of benefits impermissibly compromises employees’ entitlement to workers’ compensation and warrants grant of a new arbitration hearing to claimant denied benefits for work-related injury.
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