Legal Opinion
Glens Falls Indemnity Co. v. Henderson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1954No. 14831_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for death benefits, under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., by the widow and minor child of the deceased, who worked as a grain trimmer. On December 30, 1951, the deceased suffered a heart attack while performing the hard work of leveling grain in the hold of a vessel, and died within a few hours. He began work at eight o’clock that morning, trimming the grain that was conveyed through a fun-ney into the hold of the ship. About eleven or eleven-thirty o’clock he went to the pusher and complained of a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Southern Stevedoring Co. v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Commercial Casualty Ins. Co. v. HoageCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1935
- Brodtmann v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- Henderson v. Pate Stevedoring Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
3Cited by5 opinions
- Mississippi Shipping Co. v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Gardner v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc. v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Kenneth M. Gardner, Sr. v. The Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Bath Iron Works Corporation and Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Bath Iron Works Corporation and Commercial Union Insurance Companies v. The Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Kenneth M. Gardner, Sr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Rathbun v. Taber Tank Lines, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1955