Rohlfs v. Department of Labor & Industries

A. H. Rohlfs, a workman within the protection of the industrial insurance act, while working aboard the gasboat “Floyd,” which was resting on a track upon which it had been hauled from the water for the purpose of repairs, suffered an injury for which he filed a claim with the department. The supervisor rejected the claim, for the reason that the injury was sustained while working on board a boat, and the claimant was therefore under admiralty jurisdiction and not within the scope of the compensation act. From this order the claimant appealed to the joint board, which, March 16, 1936, entered…