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Case Name | Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. IAC | |
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Date | 07/17/1961 | |
Note | 4663 has no reference to benefits owed worker's dependents. | |
Citation | 56 Cal.2d 219 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 25531961 CA |
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION, SALLY MARY DREW et al. , Respondents. OPINION DOOLING, J. Petitioner seeks review and the annulment of an award and decision made by the Industrial Accident Commission. The award was based on a finding that the employee's death was the result of the industrial injury 'combined with a non-industrial cancer. 'X-rays taken on February 23, 1958, revealed a fracture of the seventh dorsal vertebra of his thoracic spine. The succeeding article 4 deals exclusively with payments to be made to the dependents of employees following the employee's death.
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