Ward v. Industrial Commission

The claim is based upon an injury allegedly sustained by claimant when she fell from a defective ladder on January 17, 1952, while employed as a saleslady in the store of Montgomery Ward and Company, located at Durango, Colorado. The first hearing was had before a referee of the Industrial Commission at Durango on June 10, 1952, when the testimony of claimant and several other witnesses, was taken. At the conclusion of the Durango hearing, counsel for both claimant and employer, having stated that they wished an opportunity to present medical testimony, the referee announced a continuance of the case until further medical examination of claimant could be made. He also directed claimant to submit herself for examination to such doctors as the employer might request.