DUONG v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. D002451.

169 Cal.App.3d 980 (1985)

215 Cal. Rptr. 609

HONG DUONG, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, NATIONAL STEEL & SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, INC. et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

July 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ludecke, McGrath & Denton, Cline & Clampett and Earl A. Clampett, Jr., for Petitioner.

Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, Roy D. Axelrod, Alice Tirey, Richard W. Youngkin, William B. Donohoe and Alvin R. Barrett for Respondents.


OPINION

WORK, J.

In light of apparent inconsistent holdings by separate panels of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board,1 we issued certiorari to determine whether a land-based shipyard worker was correctly denied state workers' compensation benefits for injuries incurred when making minor repairs on a commissioned vessel floating in federal navigable waters, but tied to a dock. (1) We hold...

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