Massey Chevrolet, Inc. v. Aderhold

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court denied Travis Aderhold's petition for a writ of certiorari without opinion in a workers' compensation dispute concerning an employer's responsibility to pay for medical treatment authorized by a physician. Justice Murdock specially concurred, expressing no agreement with the Court of Civil Appeals' analysis regarding whether a non-authorized treating physician could bind the employer to pay for treatment by another physician.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Supreme Court of Alabama should grant Aderhold's petition for a writ of certiorari challenging the Court of Civil Appeals' application of the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act to treatment authorized by a physician who was not the employee's authorized treating physician.

Disposition

writ_denied