Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Commision

The petitioner as the insurance carrier of a general employer seeks to review an award of the respondent commission based upon a holding that the general and the special employers were both liable for payment of compensation. Both being fully covered by compensation insurance, the award was made against the two insurance carriers.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to respondent, as we are required to do in a proceeding of this nature, it appears that Dinwiddie Construction Company held a general contract to perform certain work for a cement company in Davenport in Santa Cruz…