Johnson v. Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n

This is a most unusual case.

Plaintiffs employer determined that he was an employee within the meaning of § 902(3), Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act [33 U.S.C.A. §§ 901-50 (Supp.1977) amending portions of 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 901-50 (1970)], hereinafter “LHWCA”; the plaintiff agreed in this determination by accepting some $3,000 from Bethlehem in payment of benefits under LHWCA; and, now this court has agreed that the parties made the correct determination of coverage: Plaintiff was, indeed, covered as a beneficiary under LHWCA when he was injured. I concur in the first section of…