Casualty Insurance v. Industrial Accident Commission

The question to be determined here is whether an award by the Industrial Accident Commission of permanent disability indemnity based on a different occupation of the applicant than that agreed upon by the parties was in excess of the commission’s jurisdiction and constituted a denial to the employer and its carrier, petitioners herein, of due process of law. We point out that the proceedings in controversy were properly and timely commenced pursuant to and within the five-year period prescribed by Labor Code section 5410 and that the commission’s determination was within its jurisdiction…