Cook v. Roland T. Romrell Company

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

In January 1963 Lloyd A. Cook, claimant-respondent herein, incurred a back injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment by Roland T. Romrell Company, his employer, defendant-appellant herein. Cook was unable to return to work immediately thereafter and, because he was suffering from severe back pains, contacted a neurological surgeon, Dr. Bernson, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He visited Dr. Bernson’s office four or five days after the accident, at which time Dr. Bernson considered Cook’s condition to be sufficiently serious to have him…