Legal Opinion
Rich v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 7, 1949No. 21, Docket 21345PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
Rich, the appellee, was a tank cleaner employed by Pyrate Tank Cleaners, Inc. His employer was performing a contract it had made to clean the tanks of the S. S. William Crompton, a vessel owned and operated by the United States and moored at Pier 35, Brooklyn, N. Y., when on September 14, 1945 he was injured by falling from a Jacob’s ladder while working on that job. Pyrate Tank Cleaners, Inc., was an employer liable to him pursuant to the provisions of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., and it made payments to…
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