Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Comm'n

The question is whether the full faith and credit which the Constitution requires to be given to a Massachusetts workmen’s compensation statute precludes California' from applying its own workmen’s compensation act in the case of an injury suffered by a Massachusetts employee of a Massachusetts employer while in California in the course of his employment.

Petitioner, an insurance carrier, under - the California Workmen’s Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act, for the Pacific Coast branch of the employer, Dewey & Almy Chemical Company, a Massachusetts corporation, filed its petition in the…