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Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 19, 1939No. Civ. 11171PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, P. J.
This is a proceeding to review an award of compensation made by the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of Frederick L. Knouse against the Benguet Consolidated Mining Company, his employer.
The respondent commission, after a lengthy hearing, found that Knouse, while employed as a mine superintendent by petitioner in the Philippine Islands, was injured in the course and scope of his employment, on January 25, 1937. The evidence shows that Knouse was shot in the face and hands by a subordinate employee. There is no dispute that the injuries received were serious, disfiguring, and have…
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