Pinkard Construction Co. v. Industrial Commission

COYTE, Judge. *

Petitioners, Pinkard Construction Company and Employers Fire Insurance Company, seek review of a final order of the Industrial Commission directing payment of certain medical expenses incurred by the claimant, Nickolaos Kallergis. We set aside the order.

Claimant sustained a work-related back injury on April 9, 1974. He received a lump sum payment for permanent partial disability on May 27, 1975, and the claim was closed.

On June 14, 1981, claimant experienced a recurrence of intense back pain, and surgery was performed on the same area of his spinal column as was involved in the…