CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. v. THE BENNY SKOU

No. 6449.

200 F.2d 246 (1952)

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. v. THE BENNY SKOU.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 3, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Howell, Jr., and R. Arthur Jett, Norfolk, Va. (Jett, Sykes & Howell and Fred E. Martin, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas M. Johnston, Norfolk, Va. (Hughes, Little & Seawell, Norfolk. Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and BARKSDALE, District Judge.


BARKSDALE, District Judge.

On September 6, 1947, James Bright, Jr., a stevedore, was killed while in the performance of his duties aboard the Danish vessel, Benny Skou, then engaged in loading cargo in the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia. James Bright, Jr., left two surviving dependents, his widow and his mother, who, on December 10, 1947, accepted an award pursuant to the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et...

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