Chesapeake Masonry Corp. v. Wiggington

The issue in this workers’ compensation appeal is whether the Industrial Commission erred in awarding compensation to a claimant even though the Commission found as a fact that the claimant unjustifiably refused reasonable and necessary medical treatment offered by the claimant’s attending physician. In order to resolve this issue, the Court must focus upon Code § 65.1-88 which provides in pertinent part as follows:

As long as necessary after an accident the employer shall furnish or cause to be furnished, free of charge to the injured employee, a physician chosen by the injured employee from…