Gaytan Engineering Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Proceeding to review an award of a death benefit and burial expenses to the widow and minor children of S. W. Rush, whose death occurred on July 22, 1948, as a result of an automobile accident. The question for decision is whether the commission correctly decided that deceased sustained injury arising out of and occurring in the course of his employment which proximately resulted in his death.

Mr. Rush was employed by Gaytan Engineering Company as a painter, and was sent from Los Angeles to the Army Air Base at Muroc, California. He provided his own transportation to the job by means of his…