Fireman's Fund Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

39 Cal.2d 529 (1952)

FIREMAN'S FUND INDEMNITY COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and ETHEL ELLIOTT, Respondents.

S. F. No. 18591.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Aug. 28, 1952.

Leonard, Hanna & Brophy and Edmund D. Leonard for Petitioner.

Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., Robert Ball and Leonard Levy for Respondents.

SPENCE, J.

Petitioner seeks the annulment of an award of the respondent commission in favor of Ethel Elliott, who was injured while taking a walk after she had completed her household duties for her employer. This case presents a problem similar to that involved in Liberty…