Brunau

Brunau v. Industrial Accident Commission

Good Law
135 Cal. App. 277·1933 Cal. App. LEXIS 304·26 P.2d 672
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 9, 1933Docket No. 9050.California375 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

York, J.

This is an application by petitioners to set aside and annul an order of the Industrial Accident Commission made upon what they call a second petition for rehearing. Petitioners state that they “desire to review the legality of the action of the Industrial Accident Commission in considering the second petition for a rehearing and in granting it and annulling the award".

While no case has been cite'd as direct authority for the holding of the commission, there is dictum in the case of Dalsheim v. Industrial Acc. Com., 215 Cal. 107 [ 8 Pac. (2d) 840 ], which supports the holding. However, the reasoning in that case, as we construe it, is practically this: Where the commission has granted a rehearing and upon such rehearing has made a different order than its original order and against the party in whose favor the first order was made, the party aggrieved by the second order has the right to make one application for a rehearing. In other words, while there might be a limitation to the granting by the commission of two petitions for rehearing to the same party, sections 64, 65 and 67 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act should be construed to allow a rehearing of a decision which -was…

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