COMMERCIAL INS. CO. v. IND. ACC. COM.

Docket No. 21352.

221 Cal.App.2d 565 (1963)

34 Cal. Rptr. 671

COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEWARK, N.J., Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, FRANCIS G. THOMAS et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

October 28, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry G. Sanford and John R. Smith for Petitioner.

Everett A. Corton, Rupert A. Pedrin and Lowell A. Airala for Respondents.


DRAPER, P.J.

Petitioner, the compensation insurance carrier for Arabian American Oil Company seeks annulment of a permanent disability award to Francis G. Thomas, an Aramco employee.

[1] In March 1959, while seated in a chair in his living quarters in Saudi, Arabia, Thomas reached to pick up a boot. Acute back symptoms ensued, and surgery, including a spinal fusion, was performed in May.

To be compensable, the injury must have arisen out...

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