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CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF A COURT ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $53,103.75 REGARDING GARY DEAN CECIL VS. THE CITY OF NORMAN, WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT CASE WCC 2007-04745 A.
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BACKGROUND: Gary Dean Cecil was a firefighter who filed Workers' Compensation Case No. 2007-04745 A on April 25, 2007 alleging a work related single incident injury to the right knee, aggravation of pre-existing injury, and depression on March 22, 2007 and later amended to include back, consequential injury to left shoulder/arms/knee, consequential injury to left foot, low back, both hips, and neck. Mr. Cecil underwent an initial course of physical therapy. He underwent a total knee replacement on June 13, 2007 followed by post-operative physical therapy. Subsequently he also experienced pain in the right hip, left knee, and low back. Found to have arthrofibrosis of the right knee, Mr. Cecil underwent a surgical revision of the right total knee arthroplasty with resurfacing of the patella and polyethylene exchange with synovectomy and manipulation on January 19, 2009, followed by post-operative physical therapy and steroid injection. On September 16, 2009, Mr. Cecil underwent repeat surgery of the right knee for adhesions and manipulation for arthrofibrosis followed by post-operative physical therapy. Mr. Cecil was at maximum medical improvement on January 5, 2010. He continued to have right knee and subsequent pain in both hips, back, left leg, left knee, left ankle, and neck. MRI scans of the lumbar spine, both hips, and left knee and MR arthrogram of the left and right hip were obtained. Recommendations were nonsurgical treatment for the left knee and conservative treatment for the right hip. In January 2013, Mr. Cecil underwent a steroid injection for the right hip followed by a repeat MR arthrogram. Total hip arthroplasty was subsequently recommended, which Mr. Cecil has declined.
A Trial was held on September 9, 201...
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