Heaton V. Kerlan

Respondent Esther Heaton fractured her left arm in the course of her employment as a masseuse. Her employer carried workmen's compensation insurance with appellant Associated Indemnity Corporation, and respondent was treated by a doctor selected by appellant. The doctor, without taking an X-ray of respondent's arm, diagnosed and treated for a sprain. The arm did not knit, and by the time another doctor discovered the fracture, it became necessary to remove the head of the radius, and the arm was permanently disabled.