Parkhurst v. Industrial Accident Commission

Respondent Industrial Accident Commission awarded the petitioner compensation for injuries received in the course of his employment but denied an additional award claimed by reason of the alleged serious and willful misconduct of the employer. The sole issue in this proceeding is whether the commission’s order that petitioner's injury was not caused by the serious and willful misconduct of the employer finds support in the record.

Between June 9, 1938, and September 15, 1938, petitioner was employed as a journeyman ironworker by the J. Phillip Murphy Corporation, which was engaged as a…