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

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

Opinion

Review to annul an award of respondents granted to one Lewis Falvik, employed as a stevedore in discharging 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.