Waffle House, Inc. v. Bozeman

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellee-employee suffered an on-the-job injury and began to receive workers’ compensation income and rehabilitation benefits from appellant-employer. Thereafter, it was determined that appellee was addicted to certain drugs and he participated in several addiction recovery programs. On each occasion, however, he left the program without completing it. Appellant eventually sought and obtained from the Board of Workers’ Compensation an order which “directed [appellee] to cooperate with medical treatment for detoxification and rehabilitation as prescribed by [his physician]…