Legal Opinion
Warner Co. v. Norton
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 23, 1942No. Civ. A. No. 1556PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, District Judge.
The issue here is as to whether one Nicholas Rusin, a bargeman employed by the .plaintiff, Warner Company, was “a master or member of a crew” within the meaning of the Federal Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq.
The pertinent provisions of the Act are as follows:
“§ 903. (a) Compensation shall be payable under this chapter in respect of disability or death of an employee * * *. No compensation shall be payable in respect of the disability or death of — (1) A master or member of a crew of any vessel Hi ^ sM*
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Nogueira v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Loverich v. Warner Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Norton v. Warner Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sylvester Lawrence v. Norfolk Dredging Company, a Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963