Cord v. E. H. Hines Const. Co.

Stukes, Justice.

The respondent, who is a workmen’s compensation claimant, suffered an accidental electric shock while on the job on June 15, 1949, which rendered him unconscious for about half an hour. At the time of the hearing at St. George on Dec. 9, 1949, he had not been able to return to work, according to his testimony and that of his father with whom he lived. Compensation for temporary total disability was being paid at the time of the hearing and, presumably, still is.

*359At the opening of the hearing counsel for claimant requested that it be “held over for medical,” due, quoting further…