Stoffel Plumbing, Inc. v. Smith

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Employer/carrier appeal a workers’ compensation order by which claimant was *1100awarded various benefits. We find that there is sufficient evidence to support the temporary partial disability and permanent partial wage loss awards, as well as the award of continuing psychiatric testing and treatment. However, we conclude that employer/carrier should not have been required to reimburse claimant’s attorney for payment of a medical bill for a prior psychiatric examination.

Claimant sustained an industrial injury to his back and was provided with emergency treatment and orthopedic…