Brooks v. Hobbs Municipal Schools

OPINION

BIVINS, Judge

In this worker’s compensation case plaintiff Brooks appeals from a judgment reducing her compensation benefits by 50% because of refusal to submit to medical or surgical treatment. Defendants cross-appeal the award of attorney fees on the basis that Brooks was unsuccessful. Because the defendants were voluntarily paying compensation benefits at the time they petitioned the trial court to terminate Brooks’ benefits for refusal to submit to medical or surgical treatments, we requested counsel to brief the question as to whether the trial court had jurisdiction to entertain…