Cardona v. Commercial Building Maintenance, Inc.

In my view, the record permits of no reasonable conclusion other than the one urged by the appellant, namely, that the efforts of ids counsel resulted in his obtaining an alternative orthopedic opinion, physical therapy and renewed orthopedic treatment, all of which occurred after the E/C improperly refused to accept the claimant’s demand for a different orthopedist. As the record clearly shows, the E/C defended on the grounds that an alternative opinion was not reasonably medically necessary, but ultimately, more than 21 days after notice of claimant’s request, did proceed to provide the…