Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. Martin

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

Appellant, Bituminous Casualty Corporation, brought this suit as compensation insurance carrier for Andy Carlegis, Inc. to set aside and hold for naught a total and permanent lump sum award in favor of ap-pellee, Dale Martin, by the Industrial Accident Board. The insurance carrier had refused to furnish the appellee with a surgical operation ordered by the Board for a hernia he allegedly sustained in his employment as a truck driver on July 19, 1969. Judgment was based on a jury verdict which awarded total and permanent disability. We affirm the trial Court.

The facts…