Carpet Shop v. Vance

WIGGINTON, Judge.

The employer/carrier brings this appeal from the order of the deputy commissioner awarding claimant temporary total disability benefits and directing payment of the outstanding medical bills of several doctors. We conclude that the deputy did not err in accepting Dr. Wingo’s opinion over those of the authorized treating physicians, Doctors Smith and Geissinger, thereby finding that the second accident occurring on August 24, 1987 — while claimant was employed by a different employer — did not contribute to the claimant’s current back problems. The deputy’s conclusion as to…