CALIFORNIA COMP. & FIRE CO. v. INDUSTRIAL ACC. COM.

Docket No. L.A. 26746.

57 Cal.2d 598 (1962)

371 P.2d 285

21 Cal. Rptr. 549

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION AND FIRE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and MAX S. COLSTON, Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clopton & Penny, Floyd L. Colvin and Mort L. Clopton for Petitioner.

Everett A. Corten, Edward A. Sarkisian and Barry Satzman for Respondents.

Charles P. Scully and Lowell A. Airola as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.


TRAYNOR, J.

Max S. Colston, a general construction laborer and jack hammer driller, was employed for less than two weeks on a school construction project when he injured his left foot. The Industrial Accident Commission found that the injury caused temporary total disability and awarded him the maximum payment of $65 per week for such disability.

[1] Colston began work on the project on Tuesday, January...

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