PIONEER S. S. CO. v. BACKWELL

No. 438.

57 F.Supp. 650 (1944)

PIONEER S. S. CO. et al. v. BACKWELL et al.

District Court, N. D. Indiana, Hammond Division.

September 25, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAleer, Dorsey & Travis, of Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff.

James E. Keating, Asst. U. S. Atty., of South Bend, Ind., for defendant.


SWYGERT, District Judge.

The question to be decided is whether there was any evidence before the Deputy Commissioner which justified his finding that Paul Backwell, an employee of the Pioneer Steamship Company, came within the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq. In a more specific sense, it is whether the employee, as shown by the undisputed evidence, was at the time of the accident a member of the...

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