Industrial Indemnity Exchange v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petitioner, Industrial Indemnity Exchange, seeks review and annulment of a death benefit award to the widow and minor children of Arnold Mullen, deceased. The petition presents the single ground whether the facts support respondent commission’s finding that the injury “arose out of” and “occurred in the course of” the employment.

The undisputed evidence is: The Roberts Dairy owned and operated two ranches in Marin County—the K Ranch where dairy operations were conducted, and the Murphy Ranch where Mullen had been employed as a tractor driver for three months prior to March 8, 1947. Yancour,…