Gawith v. Gage's Plumbing & Heating Co‪.‬

The opinion of the court was delivered by The sole question involved in this workmen's compensation
action is whether the provisions of K.S.A. 1967 Supp. 44-556,
which authorize the district court in a workmen's compensation
proceeding to try the case de novo on the record and to render
such judgment thereon as justice may require, violate the
constitutional separation of powers doctrine. Richard Gawith (claimant-appellant) sustained an accidental
injury on April 1, 1968, which arose out of and in the course of
his employment with the respondent, Gage's Plumbing and Heating
Co., Inc. (appellee).