Powe v. Centerpoint Human Services

STEPHENS, Judge.

Background

Mary Frances Powe (“Plaintiff’) and Centerpoint Human Services (“Centerpoint”) along with Brentwood Services (collectively, “Defendants”) appeal from an opinion and award entered by the Industrial Commission (“the Commission”), which reinstated Plaintiffs temporary total disability compensation at the rate of $461.36 per week, back-dated to 23 February 2008. That opinion also awarded attorneys’ fees and the right to designate a board-certified neurosurgeon or pain management physician of Plaintiff’s choosing to provide medical treatment for her compensable injuries.…