Myers v. Industrial Accident Commission

The petitioner seeks in this proceeding to annul the action of the Industrial Accident Commission in awarding compensation to Joseph G. Renteria for injuries found by the respondent to have been sustained by the employee in the course of and -arising out of his employment at the winery of the petitioner near Livermore. While working about a vat of boiling sherry wine, Renteria was severely burned by an explosion caused by alcoholic fumes from the vat becoming ignited from a lighted candle which Renteria was using in his work.

The petitioner contends that there is no evidence in the record…