Hynes v. Reisler Electric

WIGGINTON, Judge.

The sole issue in this workers’ compensation appeal is whether the employer/carrier is estopped from denying responsibility for payment of hospitalization expenses and attendant care undisputedly arising from a non-compensable automobile accident involving claimant. The deputy commissioner denied the claim for medical benefits. We affirm.

Claimant has a long history of back trouble, including an industrial accident with Reisler Electric on August 10, 1979, from which he had not reached MMI at the time of the automobile accident in question. As a result of his 1979 industrial…