Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

— The Industrial Accident Commission awarded a death benefit to the dependents of Charles A. Hens-lick, who died about thirty-six hours after a traffic accident which occurred as he was driving his automobile into a parking lot. By writ of review, the Pacific Indemnity Company, the insurance carrier of Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., Henslick’s employer, now challenges the commission’s jurisdiction to make the award.

From the evidence presented to the commission, it appears that about 7:45 on a Saturday morning, as Henslick was entering a parking lot owned by the city of Long Beach but…