Torrez v. Industrial Commission

DONOFRIO, Presiding Judge.

This case is before the Court by writ of certiorari to determine the lawfulness of an award of the Industrial Commission issued on April 21, 1969, denying a rehearing, and affirming an award issued on January 8, 1969 which determined that the applicant was entitled to three $4.68 shoe lifts per calendar year (medical benefits) and had no increased disability.

The petitioner jumped off a loading dock and twisted his left knee on December 5, 1962 when he was 37 years of age. He had three different surgical procedures for the repair of the injured knee, all of which…