Guarantee Ins. Co. Ltd. Mut. v. Indus. Accident Comm'n

The petitioner, the Guarantee Insurance Company, seeks the annulment of an award of the Industrial Accident Commission holding it as the insurance carrier of A1 Novak as general employer, and Mrs. Bessie Novak as special employer, of Lowell Havener, deceased.

Mrs. Bessie Novak and her son, A1 Novak, were engaged in the junk business. Mrs. Novak’s establishment, the Gate City Junk Company, was located at San Bernardino, while her son operated a similar but much smaller business, the Gate City Wrecking Company, in Ontario. Mrs. Novak heard of an auction in Sacramento and requested her son to…