California Court of Appeal May 29, 1969, Civ. 33654 (Gallegos v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board)

STEPHENS, J.

An employee seeks review and annulment of an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board.

The appeals board found that the employee sustained industrial injury to his back on December 29, 1967, that he unreasonably refused to submit to surgery, the risk of which was inconsiderable in view of the seriousness of the injury, and therefore, pursuant to the provisions of Labor Code,