United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Supreme Court
APPLICATIONS for Writs of Certiorari to review awards of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
These proceedings in certiorari are taken to review the action of the Industrial Accident Commission in awarding compensation to the dependents of Daniele Maffia and Roberto Zanotti, who were asphyxiated in a wine-tank while they were employed at a winery in Los Angeles. Maffia was a foreman. Zanotti was a workman under Mafia’s direction.
The Industrial Accident Commission found that the men were working “upon certain wine-tanks which were required to be cleaned after emptying them of wine.” Regarding the usual manner of doing that kind of work the finding of the commission was as follows:…
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