Legal Opinion
Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co. v. Norton
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 28, 1930No. 5043PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
This ease arises under the -act of Congress extending the principle of injured workmen’s compensation to. those in longshoremen’s employment. 33 USCA §§ 901-950. These laws have two main objectives. One is to provide a prompt, speedy, simple, and inexpensive method of adjusting compensation; the other to preserve to every one affected by the award made all his legal rights. To reach the first objective in the practical working of the system reliance is placed upon the Deputy Commissioner; to achieve the second recourse is given to the courts. The Deputy Commissioner…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Texas Employers' Ins. v. SheppeardDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1929
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. v. MonahanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1931
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