Turner v. Trade Winds Inn

Ernie E. Wright, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying appellant’s claim for attorney fees and penalty incident to hospitalization expenses appellant contends were controverted.

The appellant sustained a compensable injury to his right hip on January 19, 1976. The appellees accepted the injury as compensable, have periodically paid statutory benefits and have paid medical expenses in the amount of $75,140.95. The appellant is a hemophiliac and has been in the hospital and treated at the emergency room on a number of occasions since the…