Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Acc. Comm’n, 276 U.S. 467 (1928)

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Alaska Packers Association v. Industrial Accident Commission


No. 266


Argued March 2, 1928
Decided April 9, 1928
276 U.S. 467

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA

Syllabus

A person employed by a fishing and canning company as a seaman, fisherman, and for general work in and about a cannery was injured, after the fishing season was over, while standing upon the shore and endeavoring to push a stranded fishing boat into navigable water for the purpose of floating it to a nearby dock, where it was to be lifted out and stored for the winter. Held that the injury, if within the admiralty jurisdiction, was of such a local character as to be cognizable under a state compensation law. P. 469.

73 Calif.Dec 330, affirmed.

Certiorari, 275 U.S. 512, to a judgment of the Supreme Court of California, affirming an award of the State Industrial Accident Commission.