Amick v. City of Columbia

Legge, Acting Justice.

The South Carolina Industrial Commission denied respondent’s claim for medical benefits under workmen’s compensation. The circuit court reversed and remanded the case to the Commission; and from that judgment the employer and the carrier have appealed.

Respondent, aged forty-five, a motorcycle officer of the City of Columbia Police Department, sustained a compensable injury to low back and hips on September 22, 1960. He was examined on that day by Dr. Henry Hall, a general practitioner, and hospitalized for about two weeks, during which time he was seen daily by Dr. Hall,…