Legal Opinion
Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 29, 1963No. Civ. 10634PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, P. J.
Petitioners seek annulment of an award of respondent commission. Petitioners allege that by this award petitioner Empire Star Mines Company, Ltd. (hereinafter “Empire Star”) through its insurer, petitioner Pacific Employers Insurance Company, is required to bear the burden of the entire compensation payable to respondent Clyde Snell for silicosis-produced disability, although employment by Empire Star was only the last (and briefest) of a series of employments where exposures causing the disability existed.
The award was made under Labor Code section 5500.5 and the result, asserted to be…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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