Legal Opinion
Spratt v. Crowell
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided August 24, 1933No. 2255PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, District Judge.
This is a proceeding by Spratt to enjoin as not in accordance with law an order entered by Crowell, as Deputy Compensation Commissioner, denying a claim for partial disability under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 USCA §§ 901-959), filed by Spratt.
Spratt was working as a stevedore loading a vessel with steel beams for the Tennessee Coal & Iron Railroad Company, and had his right hand caught between one of the beams and a piece of iron, breaking the second metacarpal bone.
The physician for the company treated it and reported that he was…
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- Baltimore & O. R. v. ClarkDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1932
- Candado Stevedoring Corp. v. LockeDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1932
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- In re the Estate of NifenegerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941