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HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE CO. v. IND. ACC. COM.

Docket No. S.F. 18616.

40 Cal.2d 656 (1953)

255 P.2d 431

HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE COMPANY, LTD. (a Corporation), Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and KENNETH CHURCHILL, Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 14, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Rinaldo Sciaroni, Jr., for Petitioner.

Edmund J. Thomas, Jr., Leonard M. Levy, Alvin L. Dove, Johnson, Morgan, Thorne, Speed & Bamford and Robert Morgan for Respondents.

SHENK, J.

This is a proceeding in review to annul an award by the Industrial Accident Commission of additional compensation to Kenneth Churchill, an employee of the petitioner, pursuant to the provisions of Labor Code, section 4553. An award of normal compensation is not contested. The award of $15 per week additional compensation was based upon a finding that an industrial injury suffered by the employee was caused by the "serious and wilful misconduct" of the employer...

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