RUSSELL ULERY, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant sought payment of medical bills incurred from an accident while employed by the Division of Highways. The court awarded the amount of the doctor's bill, finding it a just claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act.
Statutes cited: Section 8(a) of the Workmen's Compensation Act
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Headnotes
- WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT - medical services rendered injured employee under-liability of employer for. Where employee of State is injured in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, while engaged in extra-hazardous employment, the State is liable for necessary first aid medical and surgical services and all necessary medical and hospital services thereafter, reasonably necessary to cure or relieve the effects of such injury, and an award may be made for the cost thereof, when same is reasonable and just.
This claim was filed June 21, 1934 for $129.55 to cover doctor bills incurred by reason of an accident received on October 7, 1932 while claimant was employed by the Division of Highways, his duties being to drill test cores from concrete pavement by means of a power drill. It appears from the evidence that the services were rendered by the doctor and same were to have been paid for. He does not seek to recover compensation, but asks that his medical bills be paid.
Paragraph (a) of Section 8 of the Workmen's Compensation Act provides that the employer shall provide the necessary first aid medical and surgical services and all necessary medical and hospital services thereafter. In a letter from [*231] Ernest Lieberman, Chief Highway Engineer, it is, among other things, stated:
"From personal knowledge of this case and from my observation of Mr.
Ulery's condition, I feel that the claim is a just one and that the amount of $129.75, which represents the doctor's bill, should not be contested."
This being a claim which the Statute contemplates should be paid by the employer, we order the sum of $129.55 to be paid to claimant for the payment of his doctor bills.
( Nos. 1915 to 1930, both inclusive, and Nos. 2276, 2277, consolidated.
No. 1915, Claimant awarded $100.00; No. 1916, Claimant awarded $900.00; No. 1917 Claimant awarded $400.00; No. 1918, Claimant awarded $200.00; No. 1919, Claimant awarded $550.00; No. 1920, Claimant awarded $900.00; No. 1921, Claimant awarded $500.00; No. 1922, Claimant awarded $350.00;