Santa v. Industrial Accident Commission

Citations

• 165 P. 689
• 175 Cal. 235

Syllabus

<p>Workmen's Compensation Act — Cause op Death op Employee — Rupture op Ventricle op Heart.—In this proceeding before the Industrial Accident Commission to recover compensation for the death of an injured employee, the evidence is held sufficient to show that while the immediate cause of the death was a small rupture of the right ventricle of the heart, such rupture was caused by an embolus emanating from the wound which the employee suffered from an accident in the course of his employment.</p> <p>Id.—Conclusiveness op Findings op Commission.—The commission is the final judge of the facts, and its findings cannot be overturned where they have the support of evidence upon which a reasonable man could come to the conclusion which was reached.</p>