Pike v. Heil Company

The employee filed a complaint alleging that he had been injured within the line and scope of his employment and demanding judgment against the employer for the compensation benefits and medical expenses to which he was entitled under the workmen's compensation statutes. In its answer, the employer admitted that the employee had been injured in January 1985 while working within the line and scope of his employment and that it had received prompt notification of the injury.

The employer further stated that it had paid two weeks of temporary total disability benefits and medical expenses,…