Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2351 – Physical examination of claimant on appeal; other additional evidence
(a) Upon the hearing of any appeal, the Court may appoint 1 or more impartial physicians or surgeons to examine the injuries of the claimant and to report thereon to the Court. The Court may fix the compensation of such physicians or surgeons, and tax such compensation as a part of the costs of the proceedings. The report shall not be conclusive of the facts therein stated but shall be advisory only.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2351
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Employer: includes all those who employ others unless they are excluded from the application of this chapter by any provision of this subchapter, and if the employer is insured, the term shall include the insurer as far as practicable; employer shall also include the governing body for which employable relief recipients are assigned work under §§ 901-905 of Title 31. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2301
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
(b) The Court may, with or without notice to either party, cause testimony to be taken or provide for an inspection of the premises where the injury occurred and may require the time books or the payroll of the employer to be examined.
Code 1915, §§ ?3193r, 3193w; 29 Del. Laws, c. 233; 30 Del. Laws, c. 203, § ?5; Code 1935, §§ ?6088, 6093; 19 Del. C. 1953, § ?2351;