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MATHEWS v. WORKMEN'S COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. L.A. 29913.

6 Cal.3d 719 (1972)

493 P.2d 1165

100 Cal. Rptr. 301

JESSIE MATHEWS, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, WESTERN CONTRACTORS, INC., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richman & Garrett and Thomas J. Toohey for Petitioner.

John C. Smith, Jr., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Rupert A. Pedrin, Gabriel L. Sipos, Lionel K. Hvolboll, Samuelsen, Bolson, Whitehead & Benes and Charles C. Ringwalt for Respondents.

Hanna & Brophy and Warren L. Hanna as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

As a result of wounds received at work in a fight with a co-employee, Halfred C. Mathews died on December 3, 1969. His widow's peition for review of the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board (Board) denying compensation presents to us the deceptively simple question whether Labor Code section 3600, subdivision (g),1 which bars...

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