State of California v. Industrial Accident Commission

In State of California v. Industrial Accident Commission (1959) 175 Cal.App.2d 674, the employer and its compensation carrier were awarded partial indemnification from the California Subsequent Injuries Fund under a provision of Labor Code section 5500.5 which was then in force. While the state's proceeding to review that award was pending in the Court of Appeal, legislation deleting that provision of section 5500.5 went into effect, together with a legislative declaration that the deletion should apply retrospectively to any cases pending before the commission or the courts. Accordingly, the Court of Appeal ordered the commission to annul the indemnification award.