State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Industrial Accident Commission

This matter comes before us upon a writ to review the award of the Industrial Accident Commission requiring petitioner to pay compensation to respondent Thomas S. Black.

No dispute arises over the right of Black to receive compensation’ for injuries suffered by him; the controversy is narrowed down to a question of whether the respondent San Francisco Typographical Union No. 21, the employer, should be held liable, or whether it was insured against such liability by the petitioner, as insurance carrier.

There is no conflict in the evidence about the facts. Thomas S. Black was the vice-president…