Jonathan Bockus, Appellant v. First Student Services and Sedgwick Cms, Inc., Appellees

Summary

The court reversed the Appeals Commission and remanded with instructions to reinstate the Board's attorney-fee award. It held that substantial evidence supported the Board's finding that the employer resisted furnishing compensable medical care by unreasonably delaying the employee's third surgery while pursuing an EIME and failing to provide adequate payment assurance. The court did not decide whether the workers' compensation statute generally requires employers to preauthorize treatment.