Employers Liability Assurance Corp. v. Donovan

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., brought suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against P. J. Donovan, Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Employee’s Compensation, United States Department of Labor, and against Louis Billodoux. By the complaint it was shown that Billodoux was an iron worker employed by W illiams-McW illiams Industries, Inc., and on May 22, 1957, was engaged in the building of an oil drilling rig for Humble Oil and Refining Company on a drilling platform in the outer continental shelf…