Legal Opinion
Auto Lite Battery Corp. v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 14, 1947No. Civ. 13283PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooling, J.
Petitioners seek to annul an award of the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of Albert Pennella. Pennella, a minor twenty years of age, was employed by petitioner, Auto Lite Battery Corporation of California. He worked on an assembly line placing elements in battery cases. The parts which Pennella and his fellow workers on the assembly line used in their work were customarily brought from the store room by a small electric truck. A driver was employed to operate this truck and Pennella had been at least twice specifically forbidden by his foreman to operate it. Pennella testified that…
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