Bowery v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

This is an action for fraud against the insurance carrier of plaintiff’s employer.

In 1932 plaintiff was injured while working on a harge floating in the Missouri River. He claims that he had a cause of action against his employer under the Merchant Marine Act of June 5, 1920, commonly known as the Jones Act ;• that a claim adjuster of defendant insurance company made false and fraudulent representations to the effect that plaintiff had no remedy under the Jones Act but was limited to the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Act; that due to such representations, plaintiff accepted Workmen’s…