Legal Opinion
Gooding v. Willard
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 31, 1953No. Civ. No. 12734PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BYERS, District Judge.
These are three motions having the common object of testing the finality of an order denying to Evelyn Gooding, an award which she sought under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., by reason of the death of her husband, William Gooding, on March 13, 1950, at the age of 29.
The contested issue was whether his death resulted solely from heart failure resulting from rheumatic fever suffered at the age of 5 years, or if the pre-existing condition was quickened into an organic decline as the result of a fracture of the sixth rib…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Crescent Wharf & Warehouse Co. v. CyrCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gooding v. WillardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954