HAMPTON ROADS STEVEDORING CORP. v. O'HEARNE

No. 6091.

184 F.2d 76 (1950)

HAMPTON ROADS STEVEDORING CORPORATION v. O'HEARNE.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon T. Seawell, Norfolk, Va., for appellant and cross-appellee.

Herbert P. Miller, Assistant Chief Counsel, Bureau of Employee's Compensation, Washington, D. C. (George R. Hummrickhouse, U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., John P. Harper, Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., and Ward E. Boote, Assistant Solicitor, Department of Labor, Employees' Compensation Division, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, DOBIE, Circuit Judge, and GILLIAM, District Judge.


GILLIAM, District Judge.

Vivian Joyner was a longshoreman employed by the Hampton Roads Stevedoring Corp., and while engaged for his employer in storing cargo in the hold of the S.S. Wisconsin sustained personal injury which allegedly resulted in his death. The injury was sustained on June 15, 1948, and the death occurred on July 17, 1948.

The surviving widow made claim for compensation under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, U.S.C.A...

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