Claim of Stilwell v. Marriott

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 30, 2006, which ruled, among other things, that the workers’ compensation carrier failed to comply with Workers’ Compensation Law § 13-a (5).

After suffering a work-related injury to her left hip, claimant was awarded workers’ compensation benefits and underwent authorized hip replacement surgery. As a result of recurring dislocations of the replacement hip joint, claimant’s treating physician ultimately recommended that she have hip replacement revision surgery. When claimant filed a request for Workers’ Compensation Board…