Jackson v. Indian River County School Board

SHIVERS, Judge.

Claimant appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) denying a claim for 1) continued medical treatment from a medical health care provider in the form of supportive (palliative) care and for 2) penalties, interest, court costs, and attorney’s fees. It is undisputed that claimant sustained a compensable industrial accident on September 27, 1985, when he was struck by a falling log that injured his lower back *1131and neck. He was treated by Dr. Ciejek, an orthopedic surgeon, from October 1985 until May 1989, when he was discharged from that doctor’s care and told to…