Pratt & Whitney Aircraft v. Golas

CALDWELL, Justice.

On November 1, 1961, claimant injured his low back in a work-connected accident and was paid compensation for temporary total disability from the date of the accident until March 21, 1963, the date of maximum medical improvement, and for a ten per cent permanent partial disability of the body as a whole. The claim for compensation in excess of ten per cent did not include medical payments but at a hearing the claimant submitted evidence of physician and drug bills, without objection by the employer-carrier.

The evidence before the deputy revealed the claimant had suffered a…