Bogle Development Co., Inc. v. Buie

William Roy Buie suffered a work-related injury in 1988. The Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission) determined that his injury was compensable, and that his statutory employer, Bogle Development Company, Inc., and its workers’ compensation carrier, Rockwood Insurance Company (collectively “Bogle”), were liable for Buie’s lost wages and medical expenses.

In 1991, Bogle refused to pay some of Buie’s claims for reimbursement of medical expenses, asserting they were unauthorized expenses. On March 9, 1992, the Commission entered an order holding that the disputed medical treatment was…