Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Supreme Court
Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, 171 Cal. 27 (Cal. 1915)
Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
Opinion of the Court
The court is of the opinion that the statements as to the evidence introduced before the accident commission, contained in the memorandum of points and authorities filed in support of the petition for a writ of certiorari, taken in connection with the allegations of the petition, show that the evidence before the commission was of such a nature as to sufficiently sustain the finding of the commission that the injury received by the deceased employee on November 12, 1914, “proximately caused the death of said employee.”
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Rehearing denied.
Melvin, J., dissented from the order denying a rehearing.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- SIERRA NEVADA WOOD & LUMBER COMPANY (a Corporation) v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- Industrial Accident Commission—Award op Compensation—Proximate Cause op Death—Suppiciency op Evidence.—In this proceeding for a writ of certiorari to review an order of the Industrial Accident Commission awarding compensation for death of an employee, it is held that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the finding that the accidental injury received by the deceased was the proximate cause of death, and not natural causes which developed shortly after the accident.