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Hahn v. Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co., 358 U.S. 272 (1959)
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Hahn v. Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co., 358 U.S. 272 (1959)
Hahn v. Ross Island Sand & Gravel Co. No. 52 Argued December 11, 1958 Decided January 12, 1959 358 U.S. 272
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF OREGON
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Petitioner was injured while working on a barge used in connection with the dredging of and and gravel in a lagoon opening into a navigable river. His employer had rejected the State Workmen’s Compensation Act, which provide that, in such cases, an injured employee may maintain in the courts a negligence action for damages. Petitioner brought such an action in a state court.
Held: Though his employer had accepted its coverage, nothing in the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act prevents petitioner from recovering in the state court. Pp. 272-273.
214 Ore. 1, 320 P.2d 668, reversed and cause remanded.
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