FRIEND v. BRITTON

No. 12165.

220 F.2d 820 (1955)

Alice P. FRIEND, surviving widow of Herbert W. Friend, deceased employee, Appellant, v. Theodore BRITTON, Deputy Commissioner, District of Columbia Compensation District, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1955.

Petition for Rehearing Denied April 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry F. Lerch, with whom Mr. Wilton H. Wallace, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Ward E. Boote, Asst. Sol., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., and Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Britton.

Mr. G. A. Chadwick, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John A. Beck, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees Harry Alexander, Inc., and Continental Casualty Co.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied April 5, 1955.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is the widow of Herbert W. Friend. She appeals from a summary judgment of the District Court granted in favor of the Deputy Commissioner of the District of Columbia Compensation District and his two co-defendants, the employer of her deceased husband and the employer's insurer. She sued these defendants in the effort to have set aside the Deputy Commissioner's order rejecting...

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