Eagle Indemnity Co. v. United States Lines Co.

CHESNUT, District Judge.

This case presents a libel in personam for injuries sustained by Willis L. Beall, a carpenter in the employ of The Waterfront Company, engaged as an independent contractor in “ship ceiling” on the ship “American Veteran” on March 1, 1947 while docked at a wharf in the Baltimore Harbor. Beall obtained a compensation award from the Deputy Commissioner under the federal Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq. This award has been paid by the Eagle Indemnity Company, *951the compensation insurer of The Waterfront Company. This suit has now…