Sims Crane Service v. King

The employer/carrier seek reversal of a worker’s compensation order awarding *536the claimant temporary total disability, finding that he had not reached maximum medical improvement as of the date of the hearing, and ordering further medical treatment. The E/C rely upon the testimony of Dr. DeWeese that as of August 22, 1979, the claimant was suitable for release without further treatment. However, the Deputy Commissioner accepted and relied upon the testimony of Dr. Maniscalco, a highly respected neurosurgeon, who last saw the claimant on October 17, 1979 as “more persuasive and more consistent…