Nelson v. Highland Insurance Co.

WILLIAMS, Judge.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the administrative hearing officer erred in finding that, under LSA-R.S. 23:1203(A), the employer was not responsible for medical expenses incurred by claimant for medical treatment provided by an out-of-state physician. We affirm.

FACTS

On November 29, 1991, the claimant, John F. Nelson, a foreman with his father’s construction company, Brown F. Nelson & Sons, was unloading pipe from a front-end loader. A piece of pipe rolled off, caught the claimant’s arm and pulled him to the ground. This accident twisted his back. The…