Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. v. Monahan

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This is a suit to enjoin the enforcement of a eompensátion order made by the defendant Monahan, as deputy commissioner, under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (44 Stal. 1424 (33 USCA §§ 901-950).

The sole question presented relates to the liability of the plaintiffs under section 7 (a) of the act (33 USCxV § 907 (a) for medical and surgical treatment, hospital services, and nursing received by the defendant Simpson, an employee, for an occupational injury received while in the employ of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.

Statement of Facts.

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