Hopson v. Hickman

Carley, Judge.

Appellee-employee suffered an on-the-job injury to his spinal cord which resulted in quadriplegia. Appellant employer and insurer have never controverted appellee’s entitlement to receive workers’ compensation income benefits as the result of his injury. What appellants do contest is the extent to which OCGA § 34-9-200 entitles appellee to receive workers’ compensation medical benefits.

The issue of the extent of appellee’s entitlement to medical benefits arises from the following facts: After appellee’s hospitalization, he moved into his parents’ home. At appellants’…