North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

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174 Cal. 357
Supreme Court of CaliforniaFebruary 3, 1917S. F. No. 7537California153 words

Lead Opinion

Review to annul an award of respondents granted to one Lewis Falvik, employed as a stevedore in dis *358 charging 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.