Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. v. Cardillo

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This libel is brought under section 21 (b) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 921 (b), to set aside a compensation order of the defendant Cardillo, a deputy commissioner.

Exceptions to the libel have been overruled, and the libel is now before the court upon the merits. It is grounded on the proposition that the deputy commissioner is without jurisdiction to modify an earlier order under the amendment of 1934, Act of May 26, 1934, § 5, 33 U.S.C.A. § 922.

Statement of Facts.

1. The defendant Adams, a longshoreman, was injured April…