Great American Indemnity Co. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund

This controversy, a workmen’s compensation case, involves a claim for compensation for an eye burn, medically designated “conjunctivitis,” resulting from exposure to arc-light flashes while the employee was working near some welders. The Industrial Commission found in favor of the claimant and awarded compensation in conformity with its findings. In an appropriate legal action the district court affirmed this award.

While claimant, William L. Haverty, was hired as a welder’s helper, he did not serve in that capacity, but was required to do general labor, such as digging ditches, carpentry and…