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Workers' compensation: Employee entitled to compensation for preexisting condition

In a recent workers' compensation case, the Arkansas Court of Appeals held that a roofing employee's knee injury that was caused by the aggravation of a preexisting condition was compensable.

Joey Hopkins worked for Harness Roofing, Inc., for 11 years. He worked as a foreman for the last 6 years of his employment. He sustained compensable injuries to his right knee in 2007 and 2008. Both injuries were described as medial meniscus tears with effusion and cartilage damage. Dr. Terry Sites, an orthopedic surgeon, performed arthroscopic surgery for both injuries. Hopkins recovered fully from the injuries.

On September 16, 2010, as Hopkins was stepping onto a higher elevation on a roof, he felt "a tear" and pain in his right knee. The injury was promptly reported to his employer. The following day, he visited Dr. Corey Jackson for the pain. A medical record dated September 17, 2010, stated that Hopkins had pain and a limited range of motion in his right knee with effusion. The physician prescribed an anti-inflammatory medication and a knee brace.

Ten days later, Hopkins visited Jackson for a follow-up appointment. Medical records indicated that Hopkins' knee was about 25 percent healed and that his knee locked up approximately 20 times a day. Jackson kept Hopkins on the same treatment plan.

Hopkins returned for another follow-up appointment 3 weeks later. Medical records stated that the pain in his right knee was about the same. The records indicated that Hopkins could do pretty well on flat ground and that his knee was still locking up six or seven times a day. Jackson referred Hopkins to an orthopedic surgeon.

Hopkins was referred to Sites for his new injury. Medical records dated November 3, 2010, stated that Hopkins returned to Sites' clinic after sustaining a new work-related injury. Sites noted that Hopkins initially felt a sudden sharp pain in his right knee.

Then his knee locked up, and he was unable to fully extend it. Sites also noted that Hopkins took time off work and that Jackson had prescribed anti-inflammatory medication, which helped the injury.

Sites noted, "Over the last couple of years, until [the] most recent injury, [Hopkins'] knee has felt essentially normal to him. He had previous significant [cartilage damage] and had been doing well until [the] recent event." After an examination, Sites' impression was that Hopkins had a possible meniscus tear or free-floating bodies in his knee or that the cartilage injury had progressed.

The surgeon prescribed conservative treatment, including anti-inflammatory medications and a home exercise program. Hopkins was advised to return in 4 weeks. Sites noted, "With ongoing difficulties at that time, I would recommend rescoping his knee." The doctor reported his findings and treatment plan to Gallagher-Bassett, Harness Roofing's third-party administrator.

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Lisa Morgan, 40, amended site to claim her boyfriend had been unfaithful Top of the World Roofing website says it's 'ceased trading at present' Site now claims boss was 'unfortunately found out to be cheating again' Met Sean Meade, 45, in August but soon grew wary when he was never in Contacted his estranged wife, Jo, who told her he had cheated on her too

By Thomas Burrows for MailOnline

Published: 05:37 EST, 10 April 2015 | Updated: 13:45 EST, 10 April 2015

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A roofing boss has alleged to be a love cheat on his own company website - when his furious ex-girlfriend altered the page to shame him.

Lisa Morgan, 40, a legal secretary, amended the site she had set up for former boyfriend Sean Meade, 45, to claim he had been unfaithful.

Visitors to the Top of the World Roofing website are told it has 'ceased trading at present' as the boss was 'unfortunately found out to be cheating yet again'.

Lisa Morgan, 40, altered the Top of the World Roofing site to expose her cheating ex boyfriend, Sean Meade

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April 11, 2015 - Atlantic League (AtL) York Revolution (York, Pa.): The York Revolution have announced three last additions to the 2015 preseason roster, highlighted by the return of reliever Stephen Penney. Second-year catcher Steve Sulcoski also returns to York, while the team adds speedy outfielder Desmond Henry. The signings were first announced by Revs manager and 2014 Atlantic League Manager of the Year Mark Mason yesterday exclusively on the final preseason episode of "Revs Hot Stove Weekly" on SportsRadio 1350 WOYK-AM.

Penney enters his fourth season with the Revs in 2015 as one of the top relievers in franchise history. The 6'7 righty has appeared in a Revs relief record 164 contests, just 11 appearances behind Corey Thurman for the club's all-time overall lead. The 28-year-old is 10-5 with nine saves and a 2.99 ERA during his time in York, with his 10 victories matching the club's all-time relief record. Last season, Penney's ERA shrunk to 2.32 to go with a 3-2 record, as he authored the longest scoreless streaks by a reliever in team history, going 20.2 innings without allowing a run from June 15 through August 8, and 21 consecutive appearances without a run from June 18 through August 8. The San Diego native was originally a 29th round draft pick of the Seattle Mariners in 2008 out of UC Riverside, and spent his first four seasons in the Mariners organization, ascending to Double-A Jackson in 2011. Over his entire career, Penney is 26-13 with 17 saves and a 3.61 ERA.

Sulcoski, 24, appeared in 11 Atlantic League games as a rookie last season, including six with the Revs. The second-year pro completed his college career at Misericordia University before signing with Rio Grande Valley of the United League, where he batted .304 in 47 games played at catcher and first base. The Hanover Township, PA native signed with York on August 5, and after appearing in six games with the Revs, landed with the Somerset Patriots where he finished his first professional season.

Henry brings plus speed to the Revs, as the 21-year-old embarks on his fifth pro season. The Los Angeles native was a fourth-round pick of the Texas Rangers out of high school in the 2011 draft, beginning his pro career at age 17, and has spent time at the rookie level in the Rangers and Kansas City Royals organizations. The outfielder owns 61 hits, 52 runs, and 36 steals in 105 career games, including 20 steals in just 48 games for Burlington in 2013.

The Revolution now have 30 players under contract for the 2015 season as the team is set to begin its Spring Training this week. The Revs will take the field in front of the home crowd at Santander Stadium for the first time this season in an exhibition against Somerset at Fan Fest presented by WGTY 107.7 on Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m., and will officially open the 2015 season, their ninth season of play as a franchise, at home against the Long Island Ducks on Friday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on-sale at YorkRevolution.com, (717) 801-HITS, and at the Apple Chevrolet Ticket Office.

The York Revolution Professional Baseball Club is a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, and Atlantic League Champions in 2010 and 2011. 2015 is the Revolution's ninth season of operation at Santander Stadium, the centerpiece of Downtown York, PA, located at 5 Brooks Robinson Way. The facility hosts all 70 home games in addition to myriad events through the entire calendar year. For tickets or more information, please call 717-801-HITS (4487) or visit the Revolution online at YorkRevolution.com.

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Public interest exceeded expectations for this year's top to bottom tour of Friendship Hill National Historic Site.

Initially, three tours limited to 15 visitors each were offered for March 28. But those filled quickly, said Brian Reedy, the park's chief of interpretation. We had reservations for 45 people within an hour of the announcement. So we scheduled two more to accommodate more visitors.

Reedy donated a day of his time to the event, as did several students from Albert Gallatin High School. Monies raised from a $2 fee will help fund displays and interpretive signs throughout the mansion.

The purpose of the one-hour behind the scenes tour was to allow public access to areas of the site that are usually closed off or behind locked doors. Visitors often express an interest in the wine cellars housed in the basement or the second floor of the 1798 frame addition. Another area usually closed to the public are the long second story porches added by Albert Gallatin where he entertained visiting notables of the day such as the Marquis de Lafayette who addressed gathered throngs of well-wishers there May 27-28, 1825, at the only time he visited the county that bore his name Fayette.

Friendship Hill is as perfectly set as a jewel in the foothills of Fayette County. The 35-room mansion is really a collection of homes and additions. Fifteen of the rooms date to the time of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), one of the most important political figures in the history of the early United States.

Gallatin came to America, then still engaged in the revolution, from Switzerland in 1781 with the intention of making his fortune in land speculation and industry in the nascent United States. After teaching his native French at Harvard College, he was drawn to land situated on the Monongahela River eventually christening the area New Geneva in homage to his native country.

He began construction of a two-story brick home a mansion by the standards of the Pennsylvania frontier in 1789 which he and his Italian bride Sophia Allegro dubbed Friendship Hill. Tragically, Sophia was not to enjoy the new home that was still under construction at the time of her death in 1789, probably from complications due to childbirth, speculated Reedy.

A frame addition followed in 1798, and an imposing three-story stone structure designed by Fayette County architect Hugh Graham completed Gallatin's additions in 1823. Gallatin had retired from government to become a very successful private banker and used his country home as a place to woo investors and make business transactions.

However, his second wife, Hannah, bred to New York society, abhorred rural Pennsylvania and eventually persuaded him to sell his beloved Friendship Hill in 1832.

In addition to a stellar career as a financier his fortune totaled more than $100,000 at the time of his death he played a key role in founding the New York Historical Society, New York University and the beginnings of the scientific study of ethnography in the United States.

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Its crammed with minutia thanks to a development team who must not only feel under enormous pressure to impress last years MLB 14: The Show crowd but to tempt the next generation of fans.

At its most fun are, of course, the 9-inning games between the MLB teams played in some beautiful-looking, realistic reproductions of stadiums and sporting life-like humans on and off the field.

For this novice, it always comes down to simply being able to enjoy participating in baseball from my couch in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand format while playing head-to-head against a computer or friend.

Setting the game to the beginner difficulty and using classic controls accomplishes that easily and allows near any family member (tween and above) to begin to learn the nuances of the game at a very methodical pace.

My first few attempts to play MLB 15: The Show were dazzling to watch as well as participate in.

Be it the finely honed ability to select a pitch, get a clue where to deliver it or swing a bat with power, just for contact or being able to angle the direction of the ball off the bat while swinging (new to this years options), its all simple. Motions such as catching a fly ball in the outfield and tossing it back to the cut-off man, sliding around a tag or having the third baseman whip the ball to the second baseman to start a double play are a piece of cake and delivered with a press of the button or movements of the analog sticks.

During the simulations, I also could easily tell when my pitcher was getting tired (number of pitches, prompts from the announcer as well a shakier, pulsing target). I swapped him when he reached his limit with first a middle reliever and then closer to record those final outs and seal the victory.

In a second game I played, an unforgettable moment occurred when I controlled the Washington Nationals and used pitching machine Max Scherzer to mow down Chicago White Sox hitters.

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