Stafford v. Diamond Construction Co.

The appellant in this workers’ compensation case petitioned the Workers’ Compensation Commission for a change of physician. The petition was granted and a new physician was appointed by the administrative law judge (ALJ). Apparently dissatisfied with the ALJ’s choice of physician, the appellant appealed to the full Commission contending that he never agreed to the procedure by which the new physician was selected by the ALJ. The Commission found that the appellant’s counsel had agreed to the procedure and that the new physician had been properly selected, and the Commission affirmed the ALJ’s…