Associated Theatres, Inc. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petitioner A. H. Houston filed an application to the Industrial Accident Commission for compensation on account of injuries received by him while employed by the Associated Theatres, Inc. Both the employer and the insurance carrier, Western Indemnity Company, were made respondents to that application. After a hearing by the commission, compensation was awarded in favor of the applicant and against the employer, and it was ordered that the Western Indemnity- Company be relieved from liability upon the claim. The commission found that the applicant, while employed “as a janitor and handy man”…