Legal Opinion
Mrs. Gladys Noah v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1959No. 17282PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
On the original hearing in this case, a majority of the Court held that a longshoreman, drowned while loading a ship in the Mississippi River, was a waterfront worker in the twilight zone, as the twilight zone doctrine is set forth in Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Washington, 1942, 317 U.S. 249, 63 S.Ct. 225, 87 L.Ed. 246. Noah’s dependent mother, therefore, might “elect to bring suit under the state com pensation law or the federal Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act [33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq.]”. Noah v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Nogueira v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. O'RourkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Northern Coal & Dock Co. v. StrandSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by27 opinions
- T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Frank WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Benjamin F. Kent and Employers Casualty Co. v. Shell Oil Company and the Texas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Ellis v. Travelers Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
- Logan v. Louisiana Dock Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
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