Mattingly v. State Industrial Court

WELCH, Justice.

The order under review disallows claimant’s expenses incident to his self-procured medical attendance. It rests on the trial tribunal’s determination that “ * * * the medical treatment in question was unauthorized * * * ”

The facts material to the controversy are undisputed. While engaged by the employer in construction work at Enid, Oklahoma, claimant, a young man then 21 years of age, sustained two closely succeeding injuries to his back. The first accident occurred on June 16, 1959, when he was spreading gravel “in a bent-over position * * * (and) jerked the shovel back;” the…