Legal Opinion
Maryland Casualty Co. v. Lawson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1938No. 8616, 8622PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, as insurance carriers for the Arundel Corporation, were held to pay compensation under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., for the death of one Timothy Burrows. Their several suits to set aside the award failed, and these appeals followed. A single question, common to both appeals, needs decision; to wit, Was Burrows an employee within the act, so that the Deputy Commissioner had jurisdiction? This is a question on which his fact findings are not conclusive. Crowell v. Benson, 285 U.S. 22, 24, 52 S.Ct. 285,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Kibadeaux v. Standard Dredging Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- De Wald v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934
- Wandtke v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
3Cited by48 opinions
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- Jethro Barrett v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., E.B.B. Co., Inc. And Lift Barge, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Company, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Norton v. Warner Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Carumbo v. Cape Cod S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
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