Boaz v. K-Mart Corp.

Clarke, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case. The Court of Appeals denied the claimant’s application to appeal an order of the superior court reversing in part an award of the Board of Workers’ Compensation and we granted certiorari directing the appeal to be filed in this court. The issue involved is whether the employer, K-Mart, was relieved of liability for medical expenses by the fact that the claimant-employee obtained treatment from physicians not approved by K-Mart. Upon a review of the facts of this case and the administrative findings, it is our judgment that the employer is…