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WILSON v. DONOVAN

No. 12975.

218 F.Supp. 944 (1963)

Willie WILSON, Plaintiff, v. P. J. DONOVAN, Deputy Commissioner, Seventh Compensation District, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, U. S. Department of Labor, and T. Smith & Son, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

July 18, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zelden & Zelden, Max Zelden, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Gene S. Palmisano, Asst. U. S. Atty., for P. J. Donovan.

Sehrt, Boyle & Wheeler, Virgil M. Wheeler, Jr., New Orleans, La., for T. Smith & Son, Inc.

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

Plaintiff was injured on June 14, 1958, while working as a longshoreman for T. Smith & Son, Inc., and while aboard a vessel afloat on navigable waters of the United States. He was paid compensation under the Federal Longshoremen's Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq.) at $54.00 per week until April 12, 1959. Thereafter, on August 6, 1959, he filed suit in the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, for Louisiana workmen...

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