Goodwill Industries of San Bernardino & Riverside Counties, Inc. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Respondent, Mary M. Harris, aged 25 years, while employed as a saleslady by the Goodwill Industries of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, Inc., on December 12, 1949, at San Bernardino, fell from a short stepladder, landing in a sitting position and striking her right hip.

The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York was the employer’s compensation insurance carrier at the time the accident occurred and both the employer and employee were subject to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Insurance and Safety laws of the State of California.

On December 11, 1950, Mrs. Harris filed an…