Arrowhead Highlands Mutual Service Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

BROWN (Gerald), J.

On January 20, 1963, John L. Ries, president of the petitioner, a small mutual water company located in the San Bernardino Mountains, sustained a compensable injury while defrosting a company pipe. Ries received $2.50 per hour for manual labor while working for the company.

Since 1938 the respondent State Compensation Insurance Fund has insured the employer. After the injury the employer was informed by the insurer that the president was excluded from coverage under an exclusion clause providing:

“Unless specifically stated in the Schedule or covered by endorsement hereon,…