Southern California Edison Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Upon application of the petitioner, a writ of review was issued by this court for the purpose of reviewing an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission of the state of California, in favor of one Oliver R. Harris and against the Southern California Edison Company, the petitioner herein.

The record includes a stipulation of facts, from which it appears that on March 6, 1923, while in the employ of the petitioner herein as a lineman, Oliver R. Harris fell from a high-tension electric pole, thereby suffering an injury to his back. Hospital and medical attention was promptly furnished by his employer. Within three weeks Harris had recovered sufficiently to engage in light work for his employer, in which work he continued for some four weeks when he suffered a wrench to his back which caused him to desist from further labor. From that time, which was about May 1, 1923, and until his hearing before the Industrial Accident Commission, which took place in February, 1925, Harris was incapacitated for work due to the condition of his back. At intervals during this period of almost two years Harris was examined by some four or five surgical experts, and for limited periods received…