Legal Opinion

Shober v. Industrial Commission

Utah Supreme Court

Decided May 25, 1937No. 5879PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARSON, Justice.

Certiorari to the Industrial Commission. The only question presented is: Are services rendered by a chiropractor within the term of “medical services,” as that term is used in the Workmen’s Compensation Act? Plaintiff, an employee of the State Road Commission, while assisting to lift a gravel spreader onto a truck, strained, wrenched, or hurt his back. It caused him considerable pain, and for three days he was off work. He was given eight chiropractic treatments by Carl 0. Larson, a duly licensed chiropractor, who adjusted or manipulated the vertebrae in the lower cervical and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Union Iron Works v. Industrial Accident CommisionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Board of Medical Examiners v. FreenorUtah Supreme Court · 1916
  3. State v. EricksonUtah Supreme Court · 1916

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Neagle v. State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1963
  2. Ingebritson v. TJERNLUND MANUFACTURING COMPANYSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
  3. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. GreggMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Green v. RawlingsMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Travelers Ins. v. DicksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947

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