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Harris Steel Group, Inc. and American Zurich Insurance Company
v.
Justin Botkin
Appellant
Harris Steel Group, Inc. and American Zurich Insurance Company
Appellee
Justin Botkin
Attorney for the Appellant
D. Brian Scieszinksi
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas J. Currie
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Michael D. Huppert, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Doyle, P.J., and Tabor and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Doyle, P.J. (6 pages)
An employer appeals following judicial review of a worker’s compensation decision granting an application for alternate medical care. OPINION HOLDS: The agency properly granted alternate medical care. The employer conceded that it had authorized the employee’s care with the doctor from whom the employee sought to continue treatment and never told the employee it would no longer authorize treatment with the doctor. The employee thus was entitled to continue care with that doctor as long as the doctor indicated the treatment related to the work injury.
