Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petitioner, Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, seeks by this proceeding to annul an award of the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of Grace Burnett who was injured while employed as a cook in the private residence of her employer, Chalmers G. Graham. Petitioner is the insurance carrier for Graham, who, though not required to do so at the time of the accident, had voluntarily insured his domestic servants.

The facts surrounding the employee’s injury are not substantially in dispute. Mrs. Burnett, under her contract of employment, ■was required to live at her employer’s residence,…