North Pac. S. S. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com.

California Supreme Court

North Pac. S. S. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com.

163 P. 203, 174 Cal. 357, 1917 Cal. LEXIS 798

CourtCalifornia Supreme Court

DecidedFebruary 3, 1917

DocketS. F. No. 7537.

StatusPublished

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North Pac. S. S. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com., 163 P. 203, 174 Cal. 357, 1917 Cal. LEXIS 798 (Cal. 1917).

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Review to annul an award of respondents granted to one Lewis Falvik, employed as a stevedore in discharging *Page 358 cargo from the steamship "Yucatan," at San Pedro, California. This case differs from North Pacific Steamship Co. v.Industrial Accident Commission, ante, p. 316, [163 P. 199], this day decided, in no essential particular. In the latter case 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 P. 199], the writ is discharged and the award affirmed.

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Review to annul an award of respondents granted to one Lewis Falvik, employed as a stevedore in discharging *Page 358 cargo from the steamship "Yucatan," at San Pedro, California. This case differs from North Pacific Steamship Co. v.Industrial Accident Commission, ante, p. 316, [163 P. 199], this day decided, in no essential particular. In the latter case 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 P. 199], the writ is discharged and the award affirmed.

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