Alaska Packers Ass'n v. Alaska Industrial Board

FOLTA, District Judge.

The questions presented by this proceeding to set aside the award of the Alaska Industrial Board to the defendant Peterson are:(1) Whether the case falls within the admiralty jurisdiction, and(2) Whether the findings of the Board that total disability continued from the date of his injury to January 1, 1948, and that the injury resulted in a 50% permanent disability is supported by any substantial evidence.

Plaintiff is engaged in operating a salmon cannery at Naknek, Bristol Bay, Alaska. Peterson was employed by jplaintiff ion April 28, 1947, at Blaine, Washington, as a…