Court Opinion

ID: 9866100
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-26 00:22:09.650711+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:11:29.990600
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MILLS, Judge,
dissents from that part of the judgment allowing $250 for medical expenses not incurred or obligated for. The right to recover under the Workmen’s Compensation Law is purely statutory. The discretion of the courts is limited by its terms as construed.
In Burrows v. Arizola Petroleum Company, 7 La. App. 704, this court held:
“Under the act an injured employee is entitled to medical and surgical expenses not exceeding $250.00. But unless he spends or becomes obligated for that much he cannot recover that amount. In any event, he cannot recover more than he proves.”
This rule being recognized as correct in the majority opinion, I do not see how we can depart from it, no matter how strong the equities may be.