United Dredging Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petitioners seek by certiorari and mandamus to compel the Industrial Accident Commission to reopen a proceeding previously determined by it under the authority of section 20d of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Stats. 1917, p. 850), and to annul its award of a death benefit made in said proceeding in favor of Ollie Kopke, the widow of Joseph Kopke, who was drowned while in the employ of petitioner United Dredging Company, for which petitioner Ocean Accident and Guarantee Company is the insurance carier. The parties have stipulated that the petitions for review and mandamus should be heard,…