United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Department of Industrial Relations

This proceeding was instituted for the purpose of having reviewed and annulled a certain order made by the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Industrial Accidents and Safety. By section 364b of the Political Code, as amended in 1927 (Stats. 1927, p. 734, sec. 3), the Department of Industrial Relations has succeeded to all the powers vested in the Industrial Accident Commission by the Workmen’s Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act of 1917 (Stats. 1917, p. 831), and acts amendatory thereof. On November 19, 1923, the respondent William Hardy was injured while in the employ of…