Pillsbury v. Pacific Steamship Co.
Pillsbury v. Pacific Steamship Co.
Opinion of the Court
This ease is affirmed, with modification as hereinafter noted, on authority of Marshall and Winkler v. Mahony Co. et al. (C. C. A.) 56 F.(2d) 74, decided this day, and for the additional reason that the facts in the instant suit disclose that there was no employee of the same “class” who had worked “substantially the whole” year, etc., whose earnings could be used as a standard for computing appellant’s compensation under 33 USCA § 910 (b). Accordingly, computation under subsection (b) was clearly “unfair” and “unreasonable,” if not mathematically impossible.
With, this modification, the decree is affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Warren H. PILLSBURY, Deputy Commissioner, Thirteenth Compensation District under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Act v. PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY, a Corporation, and Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd., a Corporation
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- Published