Dresser Industries v. Reese

| iPETERS, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a dispute over an employer’s right of access to certain medical records of an employee in a worker’s compensation claim. The defendant-employee, Lonnie Reese, appeals the judgment of the Worker’s Compensation Administrative Hearing Officer which ordered him to sign a medical information release form authorizing the plaintiff-employer, Dresser Industries1, to obtain certain medical records from Reese’s health care providers and which suspended payment of worker’s compensation benefits until compliance with the order.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

Whether or…