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WILLIAMS v. DONOVAN

Civ. A. No. 11268.

198 F.Supp. 237 (1961)

Mack H. WILLIAMS, Leonard Williams, Mrs. Laura Campbell, Miss Lila Williams, Bennette G. Williams, and Mrs. Maude B. Emery, in behalf of the Estate of Rosetta Williams, Plaintiffs, v. P. J. DONOVAN, Deputy Commissioner, United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, Seventh Compensation District, Defendant.

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

October 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin E. Smith, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Gene S. Palmisano, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for defendant.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Jeff Williams was killed on January 23, 1959, on a vessel in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, during the course of his employment as a longshoreman. Almost a year later, on January 12, 1960, invoking Section 9(d) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 909(d), his mother filed a claim for death benefits, alleging that she was his nearest surviving dependent. Dependency was challenged by...

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