Pioneer Drilling Co. v. Morphis

This is an original proceeding brought by petitioners, Pioneer Drilling ' Company and its insurance carrier, to obtain a review of an award made by the State Industrial Commission in favor of respondent Ted Morphis.

The respondent, while in the employ of petitioner Pioneer Drilling Company, and while engaged in a business defined as hazardous by the Workmen’s Compensation Law, sustained an accidental personal injury. Petitioners furnished necessary medical attention and paid compensation for the period of temporary total disability. The award which we are now asked to review was made under the…