Paradise Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

Oliver Dinnis, an employee of the Paradise Coal Company, while lifting on a car of coal on June 17, 1919, fell astride the rail and the car came back against him, injuring his back and one of his testicles. Pie went to a physidan, Dr. Daggett, who found him suffering with varicocele and directed him to stay off his feet as much as possible and to lie on his back, with his hips elevated. The doctor recommended an operation for varicocele, and offered to perform this operation at the expense of the Paradise Coal Company, as the latter had authorized him to do. Dinnis did not avail himself of…