Employers Mutual Liability Insurance v. McCormick

The following opinion was filed February 7, 1928:

Stevens, J.

No question is raised by any party as to the amount of the award or as to the right of the applicant to recover compensation. The sole question presented is which of the three insurance companies that were successively the carriers of the compensation risk of the applicant’s employer is liable to pay the compensation awarded.

The Industrial Commission awarded compensation against the employer alone. It expressed doubt as to whether it should determine which insurance carrier should pay the award.

The trial court set aside the award and…