Karasavage v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

Citations

• 76 Pa. Super. 83
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 90

Syllabus

<p>Workmen's Compensation Law — Surgical services — Refusal to accept — Evidence to support finding of fact.</p> <p>Whether or not refusal of a claimant to submit to a delicate operation on his eye was justified, is a question for the referee, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. There being- evidence that the injured man knew of cases where similar operations had been unsuccessful and caused complete loss of vision, it cannot be gaid that there was no evidence to support the referee in finding for the claimant, in spite of his refusal to be operated upon.</p>