Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

If they stated that you could have surgery and they would pay for it and on that basis you went and had the surgery, believing it to be work related, then they are estopped from arguing about payment of the billing if it is reasonable in amount. Also, I doubt the surgery would show anything to make them believe the injury was non-industrial [it is possible it could in some few cases], so it may have been negligence in how they investigated your case that caused the delay in rejecting your claim. Your attorney may feel that going to a hearing as to a delay in paying medical bills may not be worthwhile yet; find out what his reasoning is.