Arnstrom v. Excalibur Cable Communication, Ltd.

LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY, Judge, retired, specially assigned.

In this workers’ compensation case the insurer denied coverage. Thereafter the claimant undertook and completed vocational rehabilitation before the Workers’ Compensation Commission (the Commission), the employer, or the insurer learned that any services had been rendered. The question presented is whether this lack of notice, in and of itself, excuses the insurer from paying the reasonable costs of the vocational rehabilitation services.

*555Jasen C. Amstrom (Arnstrom), the appellant, was injured in an automobile accident on January 24,…