Rissman v. Industrial Accident Commission

This is an application for a writ of review to consider an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission to George 0. Smith, who was injured while engaged in certain work for George Rissman and Henry J. Rissman, the petitioners. The injury was the result of an accidental fall from a ladder while Smith was constructing a beaver-board ceiling in a house owned by petitioners, and consisted in a fracture of the left hip.

The petitioners desired to renovate for the purpose of sale two houses situated upon one lot in Los Angeles. The work in contemplation included plumbing and painting. With…