Employer Waited Too Long to Challenge Ruling on Doctor Panel

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals declined to consider the merits of a dispute over whether an employer had to provide an injured worker with a panel of physicians from which she could select a new authorized treatment provider. Case: Ex Parte Travel Centers of America, No. 2170130, 02/02/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Patricia Oddo filed a workers’ compensation claim in January 2017. Oddo asserted that she had suffered injuries to her “back and body” in February 2015 while working for the Travel Centers of America. TCA contested Oddo’s claim, a...