PORTLAND STEVEDORING CO. v. WEGENER

No. 11456.

162 F.2d 830 (1947)

PORTLAND STEVEDORING CO. v. WEGENER et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 24, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray & Lister, of Portland, Or., for appellant.

Lord, Anderson & Franklin, of Portland, Or., for appellee Wegener.

Henry L. Hess, U. S. Atty., and Victor E. Harr, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Portland, Or. (Ward E. Boote, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, Fed. Security Agency, of Washington, D. C., and Herbert P. Miller, Asst. Chief Counsel, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Whipple.

Before GARRECHT, HEALY and BONE, Circuit Judges.


BONE, Circuit Judge.

On October 2, 1942 appellee Wegener sustained an injury (a low back strain) while in the course of his employment as a longshoreman resulting in his total disability until December 31, 1942. During an ensuing period he did some light work until April 9, 1943 — this at the suggestion of an attending physician. On April 14, 1943 he suffered a thrombosis of one of the main arteries of his left leg which required an amputation of this leg on...

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