Sieracki v. Pizza Hut

ALLEN, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, the claimant, Ileen Sieracki, appeals an order of the judge of compensation claims denying her claim for payment of medical bills related to her September 24,1990 evaluation, subsequent surgery and hospital stay. We reverse because the judge neglected to rule upon the claimant’s pending request for authorization for future treatment and because certain language in the order suggests that the judge may have applied the wrong legal standard in evaluating the claimant’s request for payment of her medical bills.

On May 20, 1991, the claimant…