Orinda Properties Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

On March 9, 1927, the Industrial Accident Commission awarded the respondent Doran compensation for a permanent impairment of the function of the left wrist, which the Commission found had resulted from an accident occurring on July 3, 1925, while Doran was in the employ of the petitioner Orinda Properties Company, the compensability of which the petitioner insurance company at that time recognized. Petitioners now seek to have the award annulled, claiming that the evidence fails to support the Commission’s findings that the impairment to Doran’s wrist was due to the injury of July 3, 1925, and that his claim was barred by the provisions of the statute and by his own laches.

The following facts appear from the record: On June 4, 1925, Doran was hired as a laborer at Orinda, California, by the Orinda Properties Company, and on July 3, 1925, sustained a fracture of the left minor wrist by falling from a roof. Said injury caused total disability up to and including September 9, 1925, during which period Doran was given medical treatment by Dr. Cuttle of Oakland, and was compensated therefor by the petitioner insurance company. On December 3, 1925, Doran severed his employment with…