Monterey Builders v. Garcia

SHIVERS, Chief Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal a workers’ compensation order awarding claimant’s attorney a fee for procuring a transfer from one medical facility to another. We reverse.

Claimant sustained compensable injuries in a 1982 accident which left him quadriplegic and ventilator dependent. His condition is chronic, and requires constant monitoring and attendance in the form of inserting catheters into his trachea in order to suction fluid, and adjusting his ventilator to increase the oxygen rate. Since the accident, claimant has resided at several of the different hospitals in…