Rivera v. H. B. Smith Co.

A 1944 circular letter of the Department of Industrial Accidents directed the attention of all insurers and self-insurers “to the long standing rule of the [Industrial Accident] Board” that insurers “are required to mail or deliver the compensation due” under the workers’ compensation act “to the homes of employees1 . . . .”

Despite this rule of long standing, the employer in this case, H. B. Smith Company, Inc., required all employees, who were physically able, *1131to report to the employer to receive their compensation checks. The employee brought an action to require the employer to mail him…