Legal Opinion
Voris v. Gulf-Tide Stevedores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1954No. 14768PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
On the 10th of October, 1948, one M. L. Williamson, while employed by the Gulf-Tide Stevedores, Inc., fell into the water from a gang plank and was drowned. He left a widow and four young children. Upon his death, under the Longshoremen’s & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, 33 U.S. C. A. § 901 et seq., the widow became entitled to $18.37 per week until her death or remarriage, and the children jointly became entitled to $16.62 per week. The compensation of the children will terminate upon their eighteenth birthdays. On the 2nd of March, 1949, the widow…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Chapman v. HoageSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Iacone v. CardilloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Burden Central Sugar-Refining Co. v. Ferris Sugar-Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1898
- Marlin v. CardilloCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by29 opinions
- L. C. Haynes v. Rederi A/s AladdinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Strachan Shipping Company v. Tom Melvin and Ponce Cement CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Cleveland Chouest v. A & P Boat Rentals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Holley v. Steamship the Manfred StansfieldDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1960
- John C. Davis v. United States Lines Company, and Third-Party (Murphy-Cook& Company, Third-Party and Appellee)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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