California Shipbuilding Corp. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Respondent Frank Cornier sustained compensable injuries while in the employ of petitioner California Shipbuilding Corporation. He claimed and respondent commission awarded the increased compensation provided by sec*279tion 4553 of the Labor Code for an employe injured by reason of the serious and wilful misconduct of an employer. To sustain the extra compensation, it must be established that the employer’s misconduct is both serious and wilful (27 Cal.Jur. 441, § 118) and, where the employer is a corporation, such misconduct, before it can be attributed to the corporation, must be proved to be…