Willie J. Teichman and C. D. Calbeck, Deputy Commissioner, and United States of America v. Loffland Brothers Company

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal tests for error the findings and judgment of the district court, holding that an employee was precluded from receiving an award for compensation for an injury brought under the Longshoremen’s Act because he had brought an unsuccessful suit against his employer under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A., § 688 as a seaman based upon a different injury.

Appellee-employer and its insurance carrier brought this suit to enjoin, as not in accordance with law, an award to its employee, appellant Teichman, made by the appellant Deputy Commissioner Cal-beck under the…