Legal Opinion

Lawson v. Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 20, 1948No. 11928PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

John Davis, through causes unconnected with industry and not attributable to injury by accident, lost the sight in his right eye to such an extent that he became industrially blind in that eye. Later, while in the employ of Suwannee Fruit and Steamship Company, and through accident sustained in the course of his employment, he lost the sight in his left eye to the extent that he also became industrially blind in that eye Davis is now permanently and totally disabled, as a result of permanent industria1 blindness in both eyes.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Lente v. LuciSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Kobilkin v. PillsburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
  4. National Homeopathic Hospital Ass'n of District of Columbia v. Britton, Deputy Com'rCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  5. Catlett v. Chattanooga Handle Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1932

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Lawson v. Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. State v. BotheCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1950

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