Redner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

Although the referee in this workmen’s compensation case found upon an abundant showing that the applicant suffered a 57 percent disability, the appeals board granted reconsideration and held that applicant should receive nothing for permanent disability. The board rested its decision upon some motion pictures, deceitfully procured by the insurance carrier, which showed the applicant riding horseback. We shall point out that we cannot uphold the ruling since (1) the film had been deliberately withheld from the prior proceedings and improperly produced at the hearing on…