Contractors, Pacific Naval Air Bases v. Pillsbury

GOODMAN, District Judge.

In this action to set aside a compensation order made pursuant to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S.C.A. 901 et seq., the plaintiffs1 question the validity of an award made to a hospital association for medical care given an association member for an illness he contracted while employed by the plaintiff Contractors.

From March 1941 to May 1943, Joseph F. Burchard, performed work for plaintiff Contractors at Pearl Harbor which constantly exposed him to rock dust. After leaving the employ of plaintiff Contractors in May of…