Mason Jar Restaurant v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Chief Judge STERNBERG.

In this workers’ compensation ease, Mason Jar Restaurant and Casualty Reciprocal Exchange (petitioners) contest a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel determining medical benefits for Brigette Sampson-Czoski (claimant). We affirm.

This case addresses the authority of an Administrative Law Judge (AU) independently to adjudicate medical benefits when the employer or its insurer has obtained a retroactive denial of earlier medical benefits from the same provider in a medical utilization review (M-U-R) proceeding.

The claimant suffered an admitted…