Yarnall Warehouse & Home Insurance v. Jones

SHAW, Judge.

The employer/carrier appeals from an order of the deputy commissioner which found that the employer/carrier, though aware that the claimant was admitted to the hospital on an emergency basis, failed to provide needed medical treatment. The deputy ordered the employer/carrier to pay temporary total disability benefits for the period of hospitalization, interest, the bill of Dr. Hatt, and that portion of the hospital bill incurred before Dr. Miller was advised that the hospitalization was unauthorized.

The deputy’s finding that the claimant was hospitalized on an emergency basis is…