Bell Bros. Heating & Air Conditioning v. Gwinn

How courts have described this case

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• holding award of PPD benefits was premature when claimant’s condition had not reached maximum medical improvement
• noting that “maximum physical recovery marks the end of the temporary disability benefits, and at that point, any permanent disability benefits can be considered”
• reviewing claim 4 for reimbursement of expenses associated with unauthorized medical care and claim for alternative medical care for substantial evidence
• remanding the case “for additional evidence to allow for a full and complete resolution of the issues presented under the legal standards clarified in this decision”
• noting employers receive the right to choose care “[o]nce compensa-bility - is acknowledged”
• indicating an employee may generally recover medical expenses incurred in seeking unauthorized care upon proving by a preponderance of the evidence that such care was reasonable and beneficial under the totality of the circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).