State Ex Rel. Winningham v. Olinger

This appeal is from a judgment of the superior court granting a writ of mandate commanding the appellant, Jay Olinger, as supervisor of industrial insurance, to approve, as of October 1, 1936, written contracts made by the Clemons Logging Company and Clemons Boom Company with the Grays Harbor Hospital Association for medical aid and surgi cal and hospital care to injured workmen in the employ of the contracting corporations.

Provision is made in the workmen’s compensation act, Rem. Rev. Stat., § 7714 [P. C. § 3503], for furnishing necessary medical and surgical services, including proper…