Goodwill Industries of San Bernardino & Riverside Counties, Inc. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Respondent, Mary M. Harris, aged 25 years, while employed as a saleslady by the Goodwill Industries of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, Inc., on December 12, 1949, at San Bernardino, fell from a short stepladder, landing in a sitting position and striking her right hip.

The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York was the employer’s compensation insurance carrier at the time the accident occurred and both the employer and employee were subject to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Insurance and Safety laws of the State of California.

On December 11, 1950, Mrs. Harris filed an application with the Industrial Accident Commission for adjustment of her claim for injuries sustained, and after several hearings were had thereon, the commission found that the applicant, on December 12, 1949, sustained injuries arising out of and occurring in the course of her employment, consisting of aggravation of preexisting, quiescent tuberculosis, resulting in corn píete paralysis of both legs, resulting in permanent disability; that said injury of December 12th caused temporary total disability beginning two days later and that said injury constitutes permanent disability of 100…