Erickson v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

JANES, J.

Petitioner, Clarence F. Erickson, seeks annulment of a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board (hereinafter, “board”) after reconsideration, in which the board found it was not true that petitioner was injured by reason of serious and willful misconduct on the part of his employer (respondent State of California) or of a managing representative of the employer. The board ordered that petitioner take nothing on his claim for increased benefits. We issued a writ of review.

Erickson, a rotary pressman, sustained injury to both arms and hands arising out of and…