Legal Opinion

Maryland Casualty Co. v. Lawson

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 13, 1939No. 8850PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing, on motion, a bill to set aside an award by a deputy commissioner under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq. The entire record before the Commissioner was made part of the bill as an exhibit. Additional evidence was not taken in the District Court.

The following facts are undisputed: Richard Wilton Lowe was employed in the work of repairing a vessel that had been drawn up out of the water on a marine railway, operated by United Dry Dock, appellant, at Miami, Fla. On Feb. 18, 1936, while so…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brown v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Warner v. GoltraSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. Baltimore & Phila. Steamboat Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Continental Casualty Co. v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Southport Transit Company v. Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  2. Thibodeaux v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  3. Western Boat Bldg. Co. v. O'LearyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
  4. Travelers Ins. Co. v. McManigalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1944
  5. Nathaniel Christoff, Cross-Appellee v. Bergeron Industries, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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