Mercer - Fraser Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

In these four consolidated matters petitioner corporation seeks review of awards, made by the Industrial Accident Commission, of increased benefits assessed against it under the provisions of section 4553 of the Labor Code,1 upon the theory that it was guilty of serious and wilful misconduct.2 We have concluded that although we assume the sufficiency of the evidence to support findings which would sustain awards upon the issue of serious and wilful misconduct, petitioner is correct in its contention that the findings made by the commission do not support the awards, in that they disclose that…