Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Donovan

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This proceeding concerns a claim for an award under the Workmen’s Compensation Law for the District of Columbia,1 which is the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.2 Appellee Sligh made a claim for death benefits as the widow of a deceased insured employee.3 The Deputy Com*861missioner, the other appellee here, granted the compensation. The Insurance Company and the deceased’s former employer, Morauer and Hartzell, Inc., filed suit in the District Court. That court sustained the award, and the companies appealed.

The controversy revolves about the statutory…