McAree v. Gerber Products Company

This is an employee’s appeal from the denial by the Workmen’s Compensation Commission of his petition to review a preliminary agreement. The petitioner sought an order which would compel his employer to pay for a specialized medical treatment program whose goal would be the elimination of what appears to be a work-related addiction to drugs.

The sole question is whether or not the employer and its insurance carrier have a duty to pay for certain medical and psychiatric treatment which the employee’s treating physician has recommended.

On July 16, 1969, McAree worked as a salesman for Gerber. On…