Benoit v. Turner Industries Group, LLC

|TIn this workers’ compensation matter, we are called upon to decide whether the Office of Workers’ Compensation (“OWC”) erred in awarding medical expenses to claimant in the amount of $625,168.27. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the OWC erred in awarding medical expenses under the facts of this case.

UNDERLYING FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Claimant, Jerry Wayne Benoit, sought indemnity benefits and medical expenses compensation against his employer, Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. (“Turner”).1 Claimant alleged he developed acute mye-loid leukemia (“AML”) during his twenty-seven year…