The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1942] AC 497
[HOUSE OF LORDS.]
STEELE APPELLANT; AND ROBERT GEORGE AND COMPANY (1937), LIMITED RESPONDENTS.
1942 Jan. 14,
15;
Mar. 4.
Mar. 4.
VISCOUNT SIMON L.C., LORD ATKIN, LORD WRIGHT, LORD ROMER, and LORD PORTER.
Workmen's compensation
— Incapacity resulting from injury
— Workman's refusal to undergo operation
— Reasonableness
— Question of fact
— Burden of proof
— Workman's doctor against operation
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Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 9, sub-s. 1.