Gamberg v. Industrial Accident Commission

This is a proceeding to review a decision of the respondent commission denying petitioner’s application for compensation for an injury which he claims to have sustained in the course of his employment.

It is conceded by respondents that at the time the application was filed, heard and determined, petitioner was suffering from a left inguinal hernia; but the refusal to compensate him therefor was based upon a finding of the referee that the same was not “caused or exacerbated by injury arising out of and in the course of” his employment.

At the time the injury is alleged to have happened…