Independent Pier Co. v. Norton

BARD, District Judge.

This action was instituted by an employer and its insurance carrier under Section 21(b) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, Act of March 4, 1927, c. 509, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U. S.C.A. § 921(b), to review a compensation order made by the Deputy Commissioner.

The complaint alleges that on June 25, 1937, one Pastor was in the employ of the plaintiff, Independent Pier Company, aboard a vessel on the Delaware River, at Trenton, New Jersey, and that in the course of his employment he sustained injuries resulting in his immediate death. He was survived by…