Clendaniel v. Industrial Accident Commission

THE COURT.

This is a proceeding to review an order of the Industrial Accident Commission refusing to reopen its decision denying compensation to the petitioner.

The petitioner was a waiter employed at the Horseshoe Tavern in San Francisco. He worked on the night shift, commencing at 8 o’clock. He suffered a slight puncture or laceration of the thumb, which developed into blood poisoning. He claimed to have sustained the injury on the night of March 31, 1937, by striking his thumb on the end of a protruding nail while washing the top shelf of the salad counter in the tavern. He was confined in a…