Smith v. City of Vidalia

DECUIR, Judge.

| Mames Smith filed this workers’ compensation claim against his employer, the City of Vidalia, seeking medical authorization for a diskogram to be performed. By the time of trial, the recommended disko-gram had been authorized, but the claimant sought penalties and attorney fees for the delay. Additionally, the employer contested the allegation of a work-related accident, suggesting that the claimant fabricated the unwitnessed accident. After trial on the merits, the workers’ compensation judge found an unreasonable delay in the authorization of the diskogram, but that finding…