Wardlaw v. J. G. Ridgeway Const. Co.

Stukes, J.:

Appellant is a workmen’s compensation claimant and respondents are his employer and its insurance carrier. Claimant received a back'injury under compensable circumstances on May 8, 1946 and compensation was paid until the following October 6th when it was stopped. After the accident claimant was sent to a physician of the employer’s choice who treated him without favorable result for some weeks and until he was directed by the employer to a specialist, a part of whose report is in the record before us, as follows: “Pain over the fifth lumbar interspace, diminished sensitivity to…