Legal Opinion
O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 1951No. 267PublishedCited by 451 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
In this case we are called upon to review an award of compensation under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. Act of March 4, 1927, 44 Stat. 1424, as amended, 33 U. S. C. § 901 et seq. The award was made on a claim arising from the accidental death of an employee of Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc., a government contractor operating on the island of Guam. Brown-Pacific maintained for its employees a recreation center near the shoreline, along which ran a channel so dangerous for swimmers that its use was forbidden and signs to that effect erected. John Yalak, the employee, spent…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cardillo v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Claim of Waters v. William J. Taylor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Matter of Babington v. Yellow Taxi Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Puttkammer v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
- Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc. v. O'LearyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
3Cited by451 opinions
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- Banks v. Chicago Grain Trimmers Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Voris v. EikelSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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