Industrial Indemnity Exchange v. Industrial Accident Commission

This is a proceeding to review an award to respondent Waggoner, of compensation of $30 a week and medical expenses. He made a contract in this state with Morrison-Knudsen Company to work at Promontory Point, Utah, on a piledriver, and was injured while working there. The employer’s insurance carrier on the Utah job was the State Insurance Fund (of Utah), which accepted liability, and, without any formal award, paid Waggoner $16 a week plus medical expenses, under the Utah statute. Waggoner returned to California, his place of residence, and applied here, also, for compensation. Petitioner is…