GODFREY v. HENDERSON

No. 15373.

222 F.2d 845 (1955)

J. R. GODFREY, Appellant, v. Joseph H. HENDERSON, Deputy Commissioner, Seventh Compensation District, Federal Security Agency, Bureau of Employees Compensation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent F. Kilborn, W. Jack Edwards, Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

Charles B. Arendall, Jr., Paul W. Brock, Mobile, Ala., amici curiae.

Percy C. Fountain, Asst. U. S. Atty., Smith, Hand, Arendall & Bedsole, Thomas M. Haas, Asst. U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Stuart Rothman, Solicitor of Labor, Ward E. Boote, Asst. Solicitor, Herbert P. Miller, Attorney, U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, HOLMES, Circuit Judge, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


DAWKINS, District Judge.

In 1950 appellant was severely injured in the course of his employment as a dock worker at Mobile, Alabama. On May 24, 1951, the Commissioner made an award finding him temporarily totally disabled. On July 9, 1953, the employer filed application for review pursuant to Section 22 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., based upon the contention that there had been a change in the condition...

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