Downs v. Miller

The issue here is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Commission has authority to require the employer to furnish medical and hospital service and surgical supplies subsequent to the time the maximum .money compensation payable to the employee has been paid in full. The Compensation Commission held it had such authority; this ruling was sustained by the Circuit Court, and the employer has appealed.

On November 12, 1943, appellee C. B. Miller in the due course of his employment was severely burned. He received extensive medical treatment and was confined in the hospital for a long time. More…