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SOUTHERN STEVEDORING CO. v. VORIS

No. 13410.

190 F.2d 275 (1951)

SOUTHERN STEVEDORING CO., Inc. et al. v. VORIS et al. VORIS et al. v. SOUTHERN STEVEDORING CO., Inc. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Brown, Edward D. Vickery, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Morton Liftin, Morton Hollander, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Brian S. Odem, U. S. Atty., W. G. Winter, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Arthur J. Mandell, all of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and SIBLEY and STRUM, Circuit Judges.

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

Claiming that he severely strained his back on June 1, 1948, while lifting a sack of sugar in the performance of his duties as a longshoreman employed by appellant Southern Stevedoring Company on board a vessel, A. W. Lane was awarded past and continuing compensation by a deputy commissioner under sec. 8 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 908. The district court sustained the award, and the employer...

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