McClung v. Delta Shipbuilding Co.

This is a workman's compensation suit, wherein plaintiff, Louis A. McClung, claims from his former employer, Delta Shipbuilding Company, Inc., and its alleged liability insurers, Fidelity Casualty Insurance Company of New York and American Motorists Insurance Company, compensation at the maximum rate for 400 weeks, plus $500 medical expenses.

The original petition alleges that from November 1941 to February 27, 1945, plaintiff had been in the employ of Delta Ship-building Company, Inc., as a "rigger" and in other capacities, and that his occupation was hazardous and came within the purview of…