BELL v. O'HEARNE

No. 2890.

179 F.Supp. 764 (1960)

Ora Lee BELL, Plaintiff, v. Stephen O'HEARNE, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Labor, Bureau of Employees Compensation, Fifth Compensation District, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

January 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howell, Anninos & Daugherty, Henry E. Howell, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

Joseph S. Bambacus, U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., W. Farley Powers, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., for defendant.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The facts of this case reveal, in brief, that the plaintiff's son was a person engaged in employment which was protected by the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S. C.A. § 901 et seq., in the event of injury or death in the course of that employment. The son, Jarvis Bell, died by drowning while on his way to a job in the Elizabeth River, when he leaped from the launch, which was carrying him and other...

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