American Original Foods, Inc. v. Ford

In this case we decide that the Industrial Commission of Virginia did not err in assuming jurisdiction over a workmen’s compensation claim that arose out of an accident which occurred in Virginia upon navigable waters.

George Ford was a welder employed by the Eastern Marine Builders & Supply Company, a division of American Original Foods, Inc. He died as the result of an industrial accident which happened on January 17, 1978, while the decedent was welding hydraulic lines in the clam hold of the “Shinnecock,” a ship moored at his employer’s dock at Cape Charles. A claim for compensation was…