Mission Insurance v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

COOK, J. *

Mission Insurance Company (hereafter petitioner) seeks review of the opinion and decision, after reconsideration, of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (hereafter the Board) sitting en banc, which reversed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge. The judge had found that the multiple injuries sustained by respondent Jean Fitzgerald (hereafter applicant) in an automobile accident on September 8, 1975, did not arise out of or occur in the course of her employment.

The facts are not in dispute. Applicant, age 54, was employed as a controller by Hamerslag Equipment…