LAVINO SHIPPING COMPANY v. DONOVAN

Civ. A. No. 24611.

166 F.Supp. 909 (1958)

LAVINO SHIPPING COMPANY v. P. J. DONOVAN, Deputy Commissioner of United States Employees' Compensation Commission, Defendant, and Anna T. Lou Smith, Intervening Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Sheehan, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Harold K. Wood, U. S. Atty., Daniel J. DiGiacomo, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

Joseph N. Bongiovanni, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for intervening defendant.


CLARY, District Judge.

This is a proceeding under 33 U.S.C.A. § 921(b) for review of an award of death benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Provision for such benefits is made in 33 U.S.C.A. § 909(b) for the "surviving wife" of a deceased employee. It seems established, and all parties involved agree, that to qualify as a "surviving wife" one must fall within the definition of "widow" contained in 33 U.S.C.A. § 902...

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