J. A. REECE, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant, a state employee, sought compensation for a fractured fibula suffered on the job. The court found the facts undisputed and awarded $10.00.
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Headnotes
- Syllabus - when award may be made for. Where facts are undisputed that claimant rendered necessary medical services at request of State officer, to State employee injured while in the performance of his duties, charge for which is reasonable, an award for payment may be made.
This claim was filed pro se December 7, 1934. Claimant states he was employed by the State as Superintendent of Quarries at the Southern Illinois Penitentiary, and that his employment required him to be subject to call at any hour of the 24 hours of the day.
It appears that on June 6, 1933 he suffered a fracture of the right fibula two inches above the ankle; that at that time the Southern Illinois Penitentiary did not have an X-ray machine. The Institution doctor was called to reduce the fracture, and he recommended an X-ray be taken. Claimant was conveyed to the office of Dr. B. E. Gilster at Chester, where an X-ray was taken. An effort was made to reimburse the doctor. The facts are undisputed.
We, therefore, make an award in the sum of $10.00 in favor of claimant.