Higley v. O'leary

355 F.2d 1021 Edith L. HIGLEY, Widow of Darold B. Higley, Deceased, Appellant, v. J. J. O'LEARY, Deputy Commissioner, Fourteenth Compensation District W. J. Jones & Son, Inc., and National Automobile & Casualty Insurance Co., Appellees. No. 20155. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Jan. 13, 1966. Philip A. Levin, Pozzi & Wilson, Portland, Or., for appellants. Sidney I. Lezak, U.S. Atty., Roger G. Rose, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., Charles Donahue, Solicitor of Labor, Alfred H. Myers, George M. Lilly, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for appellee J. J. O'Leary. W. H. Poole, Krause, Lindsay & Nahstoll, Portland, Or., for appellees Jones & Son and National Auto. & Casualty Ins. Co. Before HAMLEY and BROWNING, Circuit Judges, and FOLEY, District judge. HAMLEY, Circuit Judge. 1 This is a proceeding to review an order of the Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, United States Department of Labor, denying a claim for death benefits. The claim had been filed pursuant to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (Act), 44 Stat. 1424 (1927), as amended, 33 U.S.C. 901-950 (1964). On the motion of the Deputy…