Pac. Emp'rs Ins. Co. v. Indus. Accident Comm'n

SEAWELL, J.—[1]

This cause presents a single question: Was the industrial, compensable injury sustained by respondent Leon S. Thompson caused by the serious and wilful misconduct, within the meaning of section 6, subdivision b, of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Deering’s Gen. Laws, Act 4749, pp. 1710, 1715 et seq.), of his employer, petitioner Patterson-Ballagh Corporation, a corporation? A statement of the case follows:

On October 31, 1928, said respondent Thompson, while performing duties arising out of and in the course of his employment by said corporation, sustained severe injuries to his…