Ex Parte Cowgill

We granted Petitioner Ronald Ray Cowgill's request to review the Court of Civil Appeals' holding that under the plain language of the Workmen's Compensation Act "there is no provision . . . for the assessment of attorney's fees for the obtaining of medical and surgical expenses." 587 So.2d 1000,1002. The Court of Civil Appeals, affirming the trial court's order overruling Cowgill's motion to tax attorney fees against Bowman Transportation, Inc. ("Bowman"), reasoned as follows:

"While we are not without sympathy for [Cowgill] under the circumstances shown, there is no provision under the…