Clark v. Sage

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

The central issue in this appeal is whether the record supports an interim order of the Industrial Accident Board, requiring the employer and surety to compensate total temporary disability and to provide surgical treatment of an injured hip already subject to a pre-existing infirmity. The case turns entirely on the facts.

The claimant-respondent, Wade S. Clark, was employed in 1964 as the driver of a lift truck for Lewis Lumber Company when a fall on icy steps injured his back and left hip. Claimant’s attending physician, Dr. F. E. Marienau, treated him until 1966, when…