Holmberg
Holmberg v. City of Oakland
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Richards, J.
This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the defendant in an action brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of $358.75 alleged to be due for surgical services, hospital bills, etc., incurred and paid by the plaintiff while under treatment for injuries suffered by him while a patrolman on the police force of said city.
The date of the plaintiff’s said injuries was October 3, 1914, and he continued to suffer therefrom up to and including March 16, 1920, at which date the operation was performed and the hospital and other medical bills contracted which form the basis of the present action.
The plaintiff rests his right of recovery upon the provisions of section 92% of the city charter, which reads as follows: “Any officer or member of the police department sustaining an injury while in the performance of his duty shall be entitled to receive in addition to the benefits otherwise provided in article XIV 'of this charter such medical, surgical and hospital treatment, including nursing, medicines, medical and surgical supplies, crutches and apparatus, including artificial members, as may be required during the continuance of his disability, the same to be provided by the City;…