PAUL H. BOYERS, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
The executrix of Paul H. Boyers' estate claimed medical and hospital expenses incurred by the decedent for injuries previously awarded by the court. The court awarded $2,219.05 for expenses found necessary to relieve the decedent from his injury.
Cases cited: Boyers v. State, 9 C.C.R. 530; Boyers v. State, 12 C.C.R. 377; Boyers v. State, 14 C.C.R. 1
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- WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT-when an award for medical and hospital expenses of deceased will be granted. Where claimant filed a claim for medical and hospital expenses expended by the decedent in his lifetime, which were claimed necessary to relieve decedent of injuries sustained, and for which an award had been previously made by the Court, it was held that an award for said hospital and medical expenses should be made.
Claimant, Cecile B. Hoover, executrix of the estate of Paul H. Boyers, has filed a claim for medical and hospital expenses expended by the decedent, Paul H. Boyers, in his lifetime, which were claimed necessary [*169] to relieve decedent of injuries sustained, and for which an award had been previously made by this Court.
A hearing was previously had a short time before decedent's death, but no conclusion reached because of the death of the said Paul H. Boyers.
The decedent had incurred medical and hospital expenses reasonably required to cure or relieve him from the effects of his injury.
This Court had rendered an award in Boyers v.
State, 9 C.C.R. 530, and reserved jurisdiction for such further orders as might subsequently be made. An additional award was granted on May 14, 1941 (Boyers v.
State, 12 C.C.R. 377, and in Boyers v. State, 14 C.C.R. 1) for additional expenses.
Paul H. Boyers died testate on July 23, 1949, and claimant has presented her claim for the following expenses: Dr. Robert Nelson, Clinton, Iowa (Surgery-Dec. 1946)...........$ 200.00 Dr. Charles Waggoner (Assistant to Dr. Nelson, Clinton, Iowa) ..... 10.00 Jane Lamb Hospital, Clinton, Iowa ..................................... 90.65 Public Hospital of the City of Sterling ............................... 1,509.05 Dr. Ralph Redmond, Sterling, Ill....................................... 710.00 Melvins Funeral Home ................................................... 710.00 Oak Knolls Memorial Park .............................................. 25.00 Cecile Hoover, for meals furnished Paul H. Boyers during illness ...... 1,918.00 $5,172.70 The evidence shows that the claims of Dr. Ralph Redmond in the amount of $710.00, and the claim of Public Hospital of the City of Sterling in the amount of $1,509.05 mere clearly necessary to relieve the decedent from the effects of his injury. Claimant is, therefore, entitled to an award in the amount of $2,219.05.
An award is, therefore, made in favor of claimant for the benefit of the persons named in the amount of $2,219.05.