Legal Opinion

De Wald v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided June 11, 1934No. 3635PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit brought by the appellee, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, to set aside an award of the Deputy Commissioner of the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission for the Fourth Compensation District, under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 USCA § 901 et seq.), and to enjoin the enforcement of said award.

On the 5th day of November, 1932, one George M. De Wald, who for fourteen years had been in the employment of the defendant (a self-insurer), was accidentally drowned. De Wald at the time of his death was working on…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Harden v. GordonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1823
  4. Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  5. Nogueira v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1930

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Karl Weiss, Jr. v. Central Railroad Company of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  3. Maryland Casualty Co. v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
  4. Diomede v. LoweCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
  5. Moore Dry Dock Co. v. PillsburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938

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