Willard Harris, Appellant and Cross-Appellee v. M-K Rivers and Ace Indemnity Insurance Company, Appellees And…

Summary

The court held that the workers' compensation penalty issues were properly preserved and did not violate the employer's due process rights. It further held that a penalty may be imposed for a bad-faith controversion of prescribed medical care even when no bill has been submitted, because medical benefits become due when the employer has notice of the prescription. The court affirmed in part, reversed the Commission's penalty ruling, clarified the effect of the parties' stipulation concerning diabetes treatment and fitness-facility use, reinstated the Board's attorney-fee award, and remanded for further proceedings.