Rolemco Electrical Contracting v. Sellers

Appellants Rolemco Electrical Contracting (employer) and State Auto Mutual Insurance Company (carrier), appeal the order of the judge of compensation claims (JCC) authorizing total hip replacement surgery for the appellee/claimant Ramon Sellers. We reverse.

The parties stipulated that claimant, Ramon Sellers, was involved in a compensable automobile accident on June 24, 1991, while in the employ of appellee Rolemco Electrical Contracting. The employer/carrier (e/e) accepted the compensability of claimant’s back and neck injuries (not at issue in this appeal) but contested the compensability of…