Hockett v. Industrial Accident Commission

NOURSE, J. pro tem. *

By writ of review petitioner seeks to annul an award of the respondent commission which denied him a penalty pursuant to section 5814 of the Labor Code, of 10 per cent on certain items of the commission’s award to him.

Petitioner, in the scope and course of his employment, sustained injuries which required medical care and hospital treatment. Despite the report of its own examining physician that petitioner had sustained a disabling injury, the employer’s compensation insurance carrier denied liability and refused to make payments of compensation or to provide medical and…