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CANADIAN GULF LINE, LTD. v. SHEA

No. 25866.

404 F.2d 24 (1968)

CANADIAN GULF LINE, LTD. and Texas Employers' Insurance Association, Appellants, v. R. J. SHEA, Deputy Commissioner, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed Bluestein, Jr., Houston, Tex., Jack L. Allbritton, Houston, Tex., for appellants, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

James R. Gough, Jack Shepherd, Asst. U. S. Attys., Morton L. Susman, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Mandell & Wright, Houston, Tex., for Mrs. Beatrice Houston, appellee.

Before GEWIN, PHILLIPS and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This action was filed in the District Court to set aside a compensation award of the Deputy Commissioner under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.

Luther Houston was employed as a longshoreman aboard a vessel operated by appellant, Canadian Gulf Line, Ltd. On December 9, 1966, while performing service aboard the vessel, he was struck by topping lift wire on deck, sustaining severe injuries in his...

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