Colonial Insurance v. Industrial Accident Commision

Respondent, Industrial Accident Commission, found that the applicant, Victor E. Pedroza, while employed as “crusher” operator on October 29, 1943, by Emsco Refractories Company, a corporation, hereinafter referred to as employer, engaged in manufacturing bricks, sustained an injury arising out of his employment consisting of silicosis due to exposure to silica dust. Pedroza was employed by said employer during various dates from 1928 to the date of the injury; he did not work for any other employer. At the time of the injury, petitioner, Colonial Insurance Company, was the employer’s…