Great Western Electro-Chemical Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

The petitioners herein contend that the Industrial Accident Commission acted beyond and in excess of their jurisdiction in the making of an award in favor of Peter J. Connelly, an applicant before it, in his application against the Great Western Electro-Chemical Company, his employers, and their insurer, Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Limited, the basis of their contention being that the undisputed evidence in the case shows that at the time of receiving the injuries for which the applicant, Peter J. Connelly, claimed compensation, he was guilty of willful misconduct from which his injuries directly arose, such willful misconduct consisting in his willful disobedience of the orders and instructions of his employers with respect to the wearing of glasses in connection with the doing of the work in which he was engaged at the time of the injury of which he complains.

The Great Western Electro-Chemical Company was engaged in the business of making caustic, which it was dangerous for its employees to handle or work with unless their eyes were protected by the wearing of glasses, which the said corporation furnished to its employees, and directly and expressly instructed…