Argonaut Insurance Exchange v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant San Diego Gas and Electric Company. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was the Workmen's Compensation Insurance carrier for the Chagnon Electric Company; that one Nelson, an employee of Chagnon Electric Company, was injured while in the course of his employment; that his injuries were directly and proximately caused by the negligence of the defendant gas company; and that because of these injuries and pursuant to the workmen’s compensation statutes the plaintiff, as the insurer of Chagnon Electric Company, had been obliged to pay…