Allied Compensation Insurance v. Industrial Accident Commission

In this proceeding we are called upon to review an award of the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of respondent employee. Petitioner, the insurance carrier for the employer, urges that the award of the commission must be annulled because it was (1) completely in excess of the commission’s powers; (2) manifestly unreasonable; and (3) wholly unsupported by any substantial evidence.

Our review of the record discloses that there is no conflict in the evidence insofar as it relates to the facts which are determinative of the controlling issues here presented. The employee, Edward Etkins, was…