BARNES, Presiding Judge.
Because the Workers' Compensation Act, OCGA § 34-9-1 et seq. ("the Act"), does not compel an employee to authorize her treating physician to talk to her employer's lawyer ex parte in exchange for receiving benefits for a compensable injury, we reverse the superior court's order to the contrary in this case.
In February 2006, Laura McRae suffered third-degree burns to her esophagus at work after mistakenly drinking lye that had...
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