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VAN DEVANDER v. HELLER ELECTRIC CO.

Nos. 21720, 21838.

405 F.2d 1108 (1968)

Albert E. VAN DEVANDER, Appellant, v. HELLER ELECTRIC CO., Inc., et al., Appellees. William L. MASSEY, Appellant, v. HELLER ELECTRIC CO., Inc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Mannino, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 21,720, Messrs. Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Lee C. Ashcraft and Martin E. Gerel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant in No. 21,720.

Mr. Leavenworth Colby, Atty., Department of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., and Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellant in No. 21,838.

Mr. William E. Stewart, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Richard W. Galiher, William H. Clarke, Wade J. Gallagher and Julian H. Reis, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURGER and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.

BURGER, Circuit Judge:

These are appeals from a summary reversal of an administrative order granting Workmen's Compensation for an injury sustained in the scope of employment. Appellant Van Devander worked approximately 26 hours on his job without sleep. Some of his duties included the installation of heavy electrical equipment. About twenty minutes after leaving his job Van Devander fell asleep from fatigue while driving his car and was seriously injured. The deputy...

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