Beverly v. Fairmont Hotel

Petitioner brought this proceeding in certiorari to have annulled an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission denying his application for compensation upon the ground that the same was barred by the provisions of section 11 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1917 (Stats. 1917, p. 841).

The record discloses the following facts: Petitioner on February 8, 1921, while employed as a stationary engineer at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, sustained an injury to his back by falling from a tank. The State Compensation Insurance Fund was at that time the insurance carrier for said hotel…