State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Court of Appeal
176 Cal. App. 2d 10, 1 Cal. Rptr. 73 (1959)
- Written by Serena Lipski, JD
Facts
Gaylord B. Wallin (plaintiff) was working as a carpenter when a rusty nail flew up and penetrated his eye. This injury was covered under workers’ compensation. Wallin could not return to work because he was having trouble seeing due to his eye injury. While off work and experiencing double vision due to his eye injury, Wallin was sawing lumber for a personal project when he amputated one of his fingers with the saw. Wallin had been using this type of saw for many years and never had any trouble with it until his eye was injured. Wallin filed a workers’-compensation claim for his amputated finger. The referee of the Industrial Accident Commission (the commission) found that Wallin’s eye injury caused the loss of Wallin’s finger. On petition for reconsideration, the State Compensation Insurance Fund (the fund) (defendant) argued that Wallin’s intervening negligence made his finger injury not compensable. The commission determined that the fund failed to prove Wallin had been negligent. The fund appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Tobriner, J.)
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