Hartsell v. Hooker Chemical Corp.

SAMUEL, Judge.

Defendants have appealed an “interlocutory judgment” in a workmen’s compensation suit ordering them to pay the expenses for orthopedic surgery to be performed on plaintiff and pretermitting a determination of defendants’ liability until surgery is performed.

During a trial on the merits, Dr. Walter Brent, an orthopedist, testified plaintiff’s disabling condition could possibly be corrected by fusion of certain vertebrae in the back. In rendering judgment the lower court ruled:

“IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that plaintiff’s present disability relates to his employment with…