Evans v. Hampton Inn

PAINTER, Judge.

| j Defendant, Hampton Inn, appeals the workers’ compensation judge’s ruling in favor of Clara Evans. The WCJ found that Evans established that her carpal tunnel syndrome was related to her work activities, that she was entitled to medical benefits including a carpal tunnel release surgery, and that she was entitled to temporary total disability benefits. The WCJ further awarded penalties for failure to *382authorize medical treatment and failure to pay indemnity benefits as well as attorney’s fees. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Evans had…