Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Wilbanks

On December 16, 1937, Earl Wilbanks sustained an injury which arose out of and in the course of his employment. Compensation was paid to him, including doctor’s bill and hospital expenses. After he returned from the hospital he was confined to his bed at his home for four weeks, and during that time his wife nursed and waited on him. She filed a claim for her services in waiting on her husband, at the rate of twenty dollars a week, under the Code, §§ 114-501, 114-502 (Ga. L. 1937, pp. 230, 233, 528, 532, 533), contending that, although medical, hospital, and surgical treatment had been…