Hays v. Industrial Commission

This is a compensation case. We will refer to the plaintiff in error as claimant and to the defendants in error as respondents.

It is not disputed that claimant’s injuries are compensable. He sustained an injury to the lower back in the course of his employment in April 1955, and for more than a year had been claiming total disability. In August 1956 a hearing was had to determine whether claimant’s refusal to undergo corrective surgery was based on reasonable grounds. Three physicians submitted reports recommending the operation and testified it would reduce his disability to about 10% as a…