State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Industrial Accident Commission

Proceeding in review to annul an award of the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of the Globe Indemnity Company and against the State Compensation Insurance Fund. The State Compensation Insurance Fund was the insurance carrier of the Examiner Printing Company, the publisher of the “San Francisco Examiner.” On January 1, 1931, a paper carrier named Marc was injured while delivering “Examiners” on his regular newspaper route, which route is known as route 45. This route was being operated by T. 0. Throndson under a lease thereof from Mrs. Abbie Paulsen. Mrs. Paulsen secured the route from her husband, Peter Paulsen, who in turn had secured it, on September 1, 1903, from Ed Delsani. In just what manner the latter became the owner of said route, the record does not indicate. This fact is not material as all of the parties hereto agree that the route was owned and operated as stated above. The injured employee, Marc, was at the time of his injury employed by Throndson, whose insurance carrier was the Globe Indemnity Company. The Examiner Printing Company was a party to all of the above transfers, that is, it gave its written consent to said transfers. It was not a party to the…