Pelowski v. K-Mart Corp.

*91OPINION

PAUL H. ANDERSON, Justice.

The relator, James A. Pelowski, challenges a compensation judge’s denial of his claim for medical benefits for back surgery and the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals’ affirmance of that denial. We affirm.

On January 7, 1997, Pelowski sustained a low back injury while employed by respondent K-Mart Corporation. He injured his back when he lifted a pallet off the floor and then turned and threw the pallet into a return bin. At the time, he had been working for K-Mart for nearly 14 years.

Pelowski first sought medical care from his family physician, who…