Buchanan v. Mission Insurance Co.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This Workers’ Compensation appeal involves the sole issue of “whether the employee, having accepted the offered medical treatment ... but feeling the need of further medical aid, was justified in incurring the expense of additional medical services. A correct answer depends upon careful consideration of the particular circumstances surrounding such action.” Tom Still Transfer Co., Inc. v. Way, 482 S.W.2d 775, 776 (Tenn.1972). We find it necessary to remark that, while each of these cases does depend on its circumstances, the statute involved provides for certain…