Legal Opinion

Dimmig v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

California Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1972No. S. F. 22857PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BURKE, J.

Petitioners are the widow and children of William Dimmig who was killed in an automobile accident while returning home from night classes at Notre Dame College in Belmont, California. Petitioners seek review of the decision, of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board adopting the findings and recommendations of its referee denying compensation benefits on the ground that Dimmig was not in the course of his employment at the time of his death. We have concluded that the undisputed facts before the referee require the opposite result.

In August 1969 Dimmig was hired by the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. LeVesque v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Boynton v. McKalesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
  3. Saala v. McFarlandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Smith v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940

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3Cited by72 opinions

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  2. Hinojosa v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Drake v. Industrial Commission of UtahUtah Supreme Court · 1997
  4. STATE TAX COM'N v. Industrial Com'n of UtahUtah Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980

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