GALLEGOS v. WORKMEN'S COMP. APP. BD.

Docket No. 33654.

273 Cal.App.2d 569 (1969)

78 Cal. Rptr. 157

LUIS GALLEGOS, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, McCULLOUGH TOOL COMPANY et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

May 29, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. De Loach for Petitioner.

Everett A. Corten, Gabriel L. Sipos, Clopton & Penny and Robert R. Wills for Respondents.


STEPHENS, J.

An employee seeks review and annulment of an award of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board.

The appeals board found that the employee sustained industrial injury to his back on December 29, 1967, that he unreasonably refused to submit to surgery, the risk of which was inconsiderable in view of the seriousness of the injury, and therefore, pursuant to the provisions of Labor Code, section 4056,1 the compensation...

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