United States Steel Corp. v. Industrial Commission

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Applicant, William Zele, Sr., was injured November 5, 1948; some time in 1949, according to the findings, he received an award for 10% partial disability for loss of bodily function. The Commission, under statutory authority in § 35-1-78, had destroyed these records, but defendants in their brief have conceded that the award in 1949 made no provision for future medical payments. The applicant testified that from the time he was originally released from the hospital, he had received treatment (urethral dilation) from his doctor. He was informed by his doctor that he…