Patterson v. Engineering Evaluation Inspections, Inc.

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s (LIRC) award of workers’ compensation benefits to Jeff Patterson, respondent herein. Engineering Evaluation Inspections, Inc., henceforth appellant, contests the LIRC’s award on the grounds that respondent was not its employee, that respondent did not satisfy the statutory notice requirement that is a precondition to recovery of medical expenses, and that the evidence was insufficient to support the LIRC’s award of temporary total disability benefits. We affirm the LIRC’s award.

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