California Supreme Court, 1917

North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Supreme Court · Decided February 3, 1917
174 Cal. 357

North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

Review to annul an award of respondents granted to one Lewis Falvik, employed as a stevedore in dis*358charging cargo from the steamship “Yucatan,” at San Pedro, California. This case differs from North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, ante, p. 346, [163 Pac. 199], this day decided, in no essential particular. In the latter ease the injured man was a seaman. In the present case the occupation, that of a stevedore, was in its essence maritime. (Atlantic Transport Co. v. Imbrovek, 234 U. S. 52, [51 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1157, 58 L. Ed. 1208, 34 Sup. Ct. Rep. 733]; The Canada, 7 Fed. 119, [7 Sawy. 173]; Benedict on Admiralty, 4th ed., par. 207.)

Upon the authority of North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, ante, p. 346, [163 Pac. 199], the writ is discharged and the award affirmed.

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