RUPERT v. TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION

No. 15160.

236 F.2d 559 (1956)

Clarence RUPERT, Appellant, v. TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION, a corporation, and Pacific Indemnity Company, a corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

July 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMurray, Brotsky, Walker, Bancroft & Tepper, Rubin Tepper, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Weingand & Tipton, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and STEPHENS and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Rupert recovered against the Todd Shipyards Corporation, his employer, hereafter the Shipyards, an award by a deputy commissioner under Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., hereafter the Act, for 100% permanent disability, under Section 908(a) of the Act, plus $2,000 for serious facial disfigurement under Section 908(c) (20) of the Act.

The Shipyards brought a civil suit at common law in...

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