Legal Opinion
Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp v. Boling
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1982No. 81-7539PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.
On September 29, 1977, Vernon Boling died after suffering a myocardial infarction. Around noon he was in the barracks provided by his employer, Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation (“Ford”), and began experiencing chest pains. An ambulance was called, but a stretcher could not be gotten to his room because of the narrow construction of the barracks’ passageway. As a result, Boling was forced to walk from his room to a larger room where a stretcher was waiting — a distance of twenty to forty feet. He made this walk while suffering the myocardial…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Ayers Steamship Co. v. BryantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation and American Foreign Insurance Association, Employer/carrier-Petitioners v. Miriam C. Boling v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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