Independence Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petition to review and annul an award of the Industrial Accident Commission. R. G. Harrol, the employee, was injured on February 24, 1933, when a spike pierced his thigh. He was employed at the time as an engineer at Yerba Buena Island, California, by Healy-Tibbetts Construction Company. The injury, although it did not cause temporary disability beyond the waiting period of seven days, required medical attention, and this care was authorized by the employer. The employee was treated by Dr. J. Minton Meherin, and a bill of $7.15 was incurred. The Independence Indemnity Company was the insurance carrier of the employer at the time of the injury. This company was reinsured with the International Re-Insurance Corporation. Both these companies subsequently went into receivership. Dr. J. Minton Meherin filed an application for an adjustment of the claim with the Commission on July 1, 1933, naming as defendants therein Healy-Tibbetts Construction Company, the Independence Indemnity Company, and R. G. Harrol, the injured employee. The case was set down for hearing by the Commission, and notice of the hearing was served on all the parties by mail, the notice to R. G. Harrol being mailed to…