Goodhew v. Industrial Accident Commission

RICHARDS, J. pro tem. *

Petitioner, Geneva Goodhew, widow of the deceased employee, James H. Goodhew, Jr., who was president of the respondent-employer, Goodhew Ambulance Service, Inc., seeks annulment of that part of a decision after reconsideration made by the respondent Industrial Accident Commission which denied her the increased compensation provided by Labor Code, section 4554, recoverable upon an employer’s wilful failure to secure payment of compensation by insurance or otherwise.

James H. Goodhew, Jr., the deceased, died on August 20, 1955, as the result of an automobile accident and…