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Gange Lumber Co. Vs. Rowley

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the controversy results from a 1941 amendment of the washington industrial insurance act [ footnote 4 ] by which the time allowed for the beneficiary of an award to apply for additional compensation on account of aggravation of his injury was extended from three to five years after the establishment (or termination) of compensation or, by virtue of a proviso, to five years from the amendment's page 326 u. s. ..... 295 appeal from the supreme court of washington syllabus prior to the 1941 amendment of the washington industrial insurance act, there was a 3-year limitation on the filing by a workman of a claim for readjustment of compensation on account of aggravation of injury. ..... the state supreme court has characterized the system as neither an employers' liability act nor an ordinary workmen's compensation act, but rather as an industrial insurance statute having all the features of an insurance act. ..... [ footnote 2 ] [ footnote 3 ] washington's original workmen's compensation (or, more properly, industrial insurance) act was adopted in 1911, laws of wash.1911, c. ..... the award was for compensation on account of the aggravation, by 1943, of injuries originally page 326 u. s. ..... rowley's claim for aggravation was not filed until march 19, 1943, more than five years from the time the original award was "closed," but less than five years from the date the 1941 amendment, with the proviso, became effective. ..... 7686; (1943 perm.supp. .....

Sundari and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and anr.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 1(1984)ACC211

..... damages in respect thereof, the railway administration shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, he liable to pay compensation to the extent set out in sub-section (2) and to that extent only for loss occasioned by the death of a passenger dying as direct result of such accident, and for personal injury and loss, destruction or deterioration of animals or goods owned by the passenger and accompanying the passenger in his compartment or on ..... of obtaining insurance, the law minister felt that some sort of compensation should be paid to the dependants, but making of a provision to obtain an insurance was not ..... propose that there should be an additional charge for this purpose, one reason being that, with a very large number of passengers that we carry any insurance scheme would involve the levy of so small a charge which we could possibly make, namely, one pie, would result in a sum very much in excess of what we have been paying out in compensation in the past. ..... before the insertion of section 82-a by the amending act iii of 1943, the general rule was that a carrier of passenger was not as absolutely liable for the safety of passengers as a carrier of goods is for the safety of the goods, but was liable for the injuries to passengers which were caused by its neglect in failing to exercise the proper degree of care, skill, and ..... bengal government urged the government of india the possibility of paying compensation through the medium of insurance scheme. .....

Smt. Sundri and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and anr.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1984All277

..... before the insertion of section 82-a by the amending act in of 1943, the general rule was that a carrier of passenger was not as absolutely liable for the safety of passengers as a carrier of goods is for the safety of the goods, but was liable for the injuries to passengers which were caused by its neglect in failing to exercise the proper degree of care, skill, and ..... damages in respect thereof, the railway administration shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, be liable to pay compensation to the extent set out in sub-section (2) and to that extent only for loss occasioned by the death of a passenger dying as direct result of such accident, and for personal injury and loss, destruction or deterioration of animals or goods owned by the passenger and accompanying the passenger in his compartment or on ..... of obtaining insurance, the law minister felt that some sort of compensation should he paid to the dependants, but making of a provision to obtain an insurance was not ..... propose that there should be an additional charge for this purpose, one reason being that, with a very large number of passengers that we carry any insurance scheme would involve the levy of so small a charge which we could possibly make, namely, one pie, would result in a sum very much in excess of what we have been paying out in compensation in the past. ..... bengal government urged the government of india the possibility of paying compensation through the medium of insurance scheme. .....

Hust Vs. Moore-mccormack Lines, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... general agent for all crew expenditures, accruing during the term hereof, in connection with the vessels hereunder, including, without limitation, all disbursements for or on account of wages, extra compensation, overtime, bonuses, penalties, subsistence, repatriation, travel expense, loss of personal effects, maintenance, cure, vacation allowances, damages or compensation for death or personal injury or illness, and insurance premiums, required to be paid by law, custom, or by the terms of the ship's articles or labor agreements, or by action of the maritime ..... 1: "(a) officers and members of crews (hereinafter referred to as 'seamen') employed on united states or foreign flag vessels as employees of the united states through the war shipping administration shall, with respect to (1) laws administered by the public health service and the social security act, as amended by subsection (b)(2) and (3) of this section; (2) death, injuries, illness, maintenance and cure, loss of effects, detention, or repatriation, or claims arising therefrom not covered by the foregoing clause (1), and (3) collection of wages and ..... a seaman employed on a ship owned by the united states and operated for the war shipping administration by a private company "as its agent and not as an independent contractor" under the standard form of general agent service agreement was injured a few days before the effective date of the clarification act of march 24, 1943, due to the negligent operation of the ship. .....

United States Vs. Spaulding

Court : US Supreme Court

..... on that day, he certified that he had the following disabilities entitling him to compensation under the war risk insurance act: infection of the left antrum, malocclusion of the teeth, stomach trouble, and heart ..... notwithstanding his need of money for the support of his family and himself, he failed for nearly nine years to sue for the insurance money now claimed strongly suggests that he had not suffered total permanent disability covered by the policy. ..... that, notwithstanding his need of money for the support of his family and himself, he failed for nearly nine years to sue for the insurance money now claimed strongly suggests that he had not suffered total permanent disability covered by the policy. ..... for total permanent disability alleged to have resulted from kidney disease and injuries received in an airplane crash occurring while the policy was in force. ..... years and quits work in 1930, and then, in 1932, still has a diagnosis of only mild nephritis, i would say that he had injured himself, for a man with that type of disease would injury his health by doing any kind of work. ..... noted their opinion that the nephritis was due to toxic materials absorbed from the antrum, and that infection of the antrum resulted from injuries sustained in the airplane crash. ..... had impaired his health by working, and that, "in my opinion at the time i first examined him and since that time, he has not been capable of continuously carrying on a substantially gainful occupation without injury to his health. .....

SilberscheIn Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of the district court dismissing an action brought against the united states under subdivision 20 of jud.code 24 on a claim for compensation under the war risk insurance act upon the ground that the determination of the matter by the director of the veterans' bureau was final and not reviewable by ..... the question whether the united states may be sued under subdivision 20, 24, of the judicial code upon a claim for compensation arising under 300 of the war risk insurance act, as amended by 10, c. ..... the war risk insurance act, as amended, commits to the director of the veterans' bureau the duty and authority of administering its provisions and ..... very full review, dismissed the petition, holding that it was the evident intention of congress to confer upon the director full and exclusive authority to decide all questions arising under the act, insofar as they involved the exercise of executive duties and required the determination of disputed questions of fact, and, to the extent indicated, to make his decision final and not reviewable ..... so far as necessary to be stated, provides that compensation shall be paid to any enlisted man for a disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty when ..... disability, to be compensable under the statute, must have resulted from injury or disease caused or ..... out, it is not alleged that such evidence showed that such disability resulted from injury or disease caused or aggravated "in the line of duty," as provided by the .....

Ridgway Vs. Ridgway

Court : US Supreme Court

..... " [ footnote 3/17 ] it is of interest that, in an early case involving a dispute between a serviceman's mother, who had been designated as the sole beneficiary of an insurance policy under the war risk insurance act of 1917, 40 stat. ..... [ footnote 3/16 ] in the war risk insurance act of 1917, 402, 40 stat. ..... war risk insurance act of oct. ..... of america (prudential) pursuant to the servicemen's group life insurance act of 1965 (sglia), and april was the designated beneficiary. ..... the court holds that the servicemen's group life insurance act of 1965 (sglia or act) broadly preempts state law. ..... exemption statute provided "no money or other benefit paid, provided, allowed, or agreed to be paid by any company on account of the disability from injury or sickness of any insured person shall be liable to execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law, to pay any debt or liability of such insured person whether such debt or liability was incurred before or after the commencement of such disability, but the provisions of this section ..... , construction and application of provisions of federal statutes in relation to exemption from claims of creditors of amounts paid as pensions, war risk insurance, compensation, bonus, or other relief for veterans, 109 a.l.r. ..... see de funiak, community property, 11 (1943). .....

Union of India (Uoi) Vs. the Steel Stock Holders Syndicate Poona

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1976SC879; (1976)3SCC108; [1976]3SCR504

..... when the railways assume this responsibility, broadly speaking, they will be liable for loss of or injury to goods while in transit by rail arising from any cause whatsoever, unless such loss or injury is proved by the railways to have been caused by an act of god, or by an act of war, or by an act of public enemies or is proved to be consequence of inherent vice in the thing carried or is attributable to the consignor's own fault. ..... plaintiff was a stockist and as the money in the bank remained idle for a period of more than six months due to the delayed delivery made by the railway on account of its negligence, the plaintiff merely claimed compensation for this delayed delivery on the basis that if the amount was not locked up it would have earned some interest which would yield some profit to the plaintiff. ..... we are of the opinion that section 73 of the new act, while converting the liability of the railway administration from that of a carrier to that of an insurer, has imposed heavier responsibility on the railway administration. 10. ..... in view of the new problems facing the government and the public demand for a change in the law, the government appears to have decided to convert the responsibility of the railway from that of a carrier to that of an insurer. .....

The Commissioner of Income-tax (Central) Vs. Raj Motors

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : (2006)201CTR(All)461; [2006]284ITR489(All)

..... the apex court held that although the award was made by the arbitrator on july 29, 1955 enhancing the amount of compensation payable to the respondent, the entire amount was in dispute in the appeal filed by the state government and the dispute was regarded by the court as real and substantial because the ..... at the instance of the revenue, the income tax appellate tribunal, allahabad has referred the following question under section 256(1) of the income-tax act (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') relating to the assessment year 1982-83 for opinion to this court:'whether in law and in circumstances of the case, the hon'ble income-tax appellate tribunal was justified in ..... court was that since under section 7a of the war risks (goods) insurance ordinance, 1940, an officer authorised by the government was to determine the deficiency in the premium, payment of which had been evaded by the assured, the liability was ascertained only on such determination and was then to be an allowable deduction under section 10 (2) (xv) of the act of 1922. ..... the assessing authority added the amount of additional compensation and the interest as accrued during the year ..... in its entirety, the right to payment of enhanced compensation would have fallen altogether. ..... the extra amount of compensation was not income arising or accruing to the respondent during the previous year relevant to ..... the compensation and the interest has been enhanced which has been disputed by the government by filing an ..... compensation .....

United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Madho Singh and ors.

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : 2005ACJ1653; AIR2004Raj131

..... (i) to cover liability in respect of the death, arising out of and in the course of his employment, of the employee of a person insured by the policy or in respect of bodily injury sustained by such an employee arising out of and in the course of his employment [other than a liability arising under the workmen's compensation act, 1923 (8 of 1923), in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, any such employee-- (a) engaged in driving the vehicle, or(b) if it is a public service vehicle, engaged as a conductor of the vehicle ..... persons or by any person who is not duly licensed, or by any person who has been disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence during the period of disqualification; or(iii) a condition excluding liability for injury caused or contributed to by conditions of war, civil war, riot or civil commotion; or (c) that the policy is void on the ground that it was obtained by the non-disclosure of a material fact or by a representation of fact which was false in some material ..... persons or by any person who is not duly licensed, or by any person who has been disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence during the period of disqualification; or(iii) a condition excluding liability for injury caused or contributed to by conditions of war, civil war, riot or civil commotion; or (b) that the policy is void on the ground that it was obtained by the non-disclosure of a material fact or by a representation of fact which was false in some material .....