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TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. DONOVAN

No. 12502.

221 F.2d 886 (1955)

The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. P. J. DONOVAN, Deputy Commissioner, United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ernest A. Swingle, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edwin A. Swingle and Allan C. Swingle, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

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

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a case arising under the Workmen's Compensation statute.1 It involves a claim by an employee who acquired a contagious disease while on an assignment overseas. The Deputy Commissioner found for the claimant, and the insurance carrier sought judicial review. The District Court held for the claimant, 125 F.Supp. 261, and this appeal followed.

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