Associated Indemnity Corp. v. Shea

DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, Chief Judge.

Isaiah Pompey, an employee of the plaintiff, Gulf Stevedore Corporation, died of a heart attack on May 5, 1967. His widow filed a claim under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act *1101(33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq.) on August 5, 1968. A hearing was subsequently held by the Deputy Commissioner, R. J. Shea, on June 2, 1970. Mr. Shea found that Pompey suffered his heart attack while aboard the vessel on which he was working and on October 13, 1970, ordered the plaintiffs to pay an award totaling $12,930.00 to Mrs. Pompey.

Plaintiffs filed a complaint requesting…