Wolters v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petitioner Henry J. Wolters is a painting contractor. Two experienced painters employed by him, Charles McGee and Walter Van Heukelem, were injured by the collapse of a scaffold. The employees applied to the In*139¿historial Accident Commission for an augmented award of compensation, charging serious and wilful misconduct of their employer.1 The commission granted the awards and Wolters seeks review in this proceeding.

The accident occurred while McGee and Van Heukelem were painting the side of a house. On the morning of the accident the two employees met Wolters and Elden Edens, his foreman, at…