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FIREMAN'S FUND INDEMNITY CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 14652.

211 F.2d 773 (1954)

FIREMAN'S FUND INDEMNITY CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Fisher, Jr., Fisher & Hepner, Pensacola, Fla., for appellant.

Hayford O. Enwall, Asst. U. S. Atty., Gainesville, Fla., Harrold Carswell, U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before STRUM and RIVES, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

Three longshoremen were injured, one fatally, when a heavy steel hatch cover fell on them while unloading the No. 4 lower hold of a Navy cargo vessel, the U.S.S. Okaloosa, at Pensacola, Florida, on September 1, 1948.

Appellant, Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company, libellant below, was the insurance carrier of the stevedoring firm employing said longshoremen. Having paid to date the compensation awards made under the Longshoremen's Act

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