Goldman
Bar Association of S. F. v. Goldman
Opinion
Lead Opinion
This is an application by the Bar Association of San Francisco to remove and disbar defendant as an attorney and counsel at law. Two charges are contained in the accusation: (1) Moral turpitude of the accused in filing with the Industrial Accident Commission a document purporting to be a satisfaction and release in full of an award made by such commission, together with a demand for entry of such satisfaction thereon, whereas said award was not satisfied in full but only a part paid thereon; (2) moral turpitude of the accused in testifying under oath before said commission as having paid the award in full, whereas he only paid a part thereof.
The facts giving rise to the accusation may be summarized as follows: On the seventeenth day of January, 1917, one P. J. Healy, a carpenter, was working on a building owned by I. Goldman, the father of the accused, and during the course of such employment Healy claimed that he sustained certain injuries to his knee. Demand was made by Healy upon Goldman for damages, whereupon Goldman in settle ment of the claim paid the ■ hospital and other expenses incurred by Healy together with certain sums of money amounting in all to over $300.…