Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Surprise

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order which affirmed the referee in setting aside employer’s denial of responsibility for claimant’s treatment at a pain center and ordering employer to pay temporary total disability (TTD) for the period of claimant’s treatment. Claimant, in his cross-petition, seeks review of the Board’s reversal of a portion of the referee’s order which had awarded penalties and attorney fees for employer’s allegedly improper claim closure, of the Board’s reduction of his unscheduled permanent partial disability (PPD) award from 20 percent to 10…