Quaker State Oil Co. v. Taskinen

In this medical services dispute, petitioners seek review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that held that claimant’s medical services claim for proposed low back surgery was appropriate and that claimant’s counsel was entitled to attorney fees. We reverse and remand to the Board with instructions to vacate the Board’s order and remand to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services1 (Director) for further proceedings.

This medical services dispute concerns the appropriateness of a ninth surgery on claimant’s spine. The employer challenged this procedure and…