Boles v. Industrial Commission

Except for the motion made by claimant’s attorney this would be an ordinary workmen’s compensation case. The sole question to be determined was the extent of the permanent partial disability of the claimant. This question was to be resolved from the medical evidence in the record.

On the one hand there was the detailed written report of the surgeon who treated the claimant and made the skin grafts, which was supported by his testimony at the hearing. Opposed to that was a short written report by Dr. Haskins, who was not called as a witness.

Based solely upon the record, a question of fact was…