Sears Roebuck & Co. v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Foremost Life Insurance v. Department of Insurance · 172 Ind. App. 556 - Inland Steel Co. v. Almodovar · Rockwell International v. Byrd · 127 Ind. App. 173 - Jenkins v. Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co. · Sears Roebuck & Co. v. Murphy
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) After an injury and prior to an adjudication of permanent impairment, the employer shall furnish or cause to be furnished, free of charge to the employee, an attending physician for the treatment of his injuries, and in addition thereto such surgical, hospital and nursing services and supplies as the attending physician or the worker's compensation board may deem necessary.... (b) During the period of [TTD] resulting from the injury, the employer shall furnish the physician services, and supplies, and the worker's compensation board may, on proper application of either party, require that treatment by the physician and services and supplies be furnished by or on behalf of the employer as the worker's compensation board may deem reasonably necessary. (c) After an employee's injury has been adjudicated by agreement or award on the basis of [PPI] and within the statutory period for review of such cases, ... the employer may continue to furnish a physician or surgeon and other medical services and supplies, and the worker's compensation board may within the statutory period for review as provided in section 27 of this chapter, on a proper application of either party, require that treatment by that physician and other medical services and supplies be furnished by and on behalf of the employer as the worker's compensation board may deem necessary to limit or reduce the amount of the employee's impairment. The refusal of the employee to accept such services and supplies, when pr”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Our holding not only is mandated by statute and case law, but is supported by strong policy reasons. To hold otherwise would encourage employers to delay payment, waiting for a non-work-related insurance carrier to pay the employee's medical or other expenses. Then, in any subsequent action, the employer could argue that medical care had already been furnished and that its liability to its employee was extinguished.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[I]t is clear the legislature intended for the employer and its workmen's compensation carrier to pay the claims, including the medical claims, of its employees who are injured or killed by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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