Albertini v. McDonald's

BOOTH, Judge.

The sole item of dispute in this workers’ compensation appeal is a physician’s examination fee of $131 which was incurred in connection with a medical report placed into evidence by the claimant. The claimant sought reimbursement for the examination fee on the ground that the fee was part of the taxable costs awarded to claimant as a result of successful prosecution of her claim. The deputy commissioner, however, held that the examination fee was not in-cludable in his prior award of costs because the employer/carrier did not agree to pay for the examination when the medical…