The applicant requested an adjournment of her arbitration hearing to permit an MRI scheduled for August 2005 and a psycho-vocational assessment.
The insurer opposed the adjournment.
The arbitrator refused to adjourn the hearing to August due to a lack of evidence regarding the MRI's relevance, but granted a shorter adjournment to April 2005 to allow for the psycho-vocational assessment.
Because the applicant failed to request the adjournment in a timely manner and did not complete her production obligations, she was ordered to pay the insurer $1,500 for costs thrown away.
