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CALDWELL v. JOSEPH W. VESTAL & SON, INC.

No. 5-3057.

371 S.W.2d 836 (1963)

Ralph CALDWELL, Appellant, v. JOSEPH W. VESTAL & SON, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 4, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMath, Leatherman, Woods & Youngdahl, Little Rock, for appellant.

Barber, Henry, Thurman & McCaskill, Little Rock, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This workmen's compensation case involves an employer's liability for the expense of a surgical operation performed upon an injured employee. The operation was a success, and we know now that it was necessary; but it was performed by a surgeon engaged by the employee against the wishes of the insurance carrier and at a time when the physician selected by the insurer thought surgery to be inadvisable...

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