# Friend v. Britton

> Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · March 10, 1955 · 220 F.2d 820

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6911501

## Case

- **Full name:** Alice P. FRIEND, surviving widow of Herbert W. Friend, employee v. Theodore BRITTON, Deputy Commissioner, District of Columbia Compensation District
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- **Decided:** March 10, 1955
- **Citations:** 220 F.2d 820; 95 U.S. App. D.C. 139
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Edgerton
- **Judges:** Edgerton, Fahy
- **Cited by:** 47 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge
(dissenting in part).
Though the record does not support, the Deputy Commissioner’s finding that the accident did not cause death, I think it does not require a finding that the-accident did cause death. If an accident, causes both deterioration which shortens life and inactivity which lengthens-life, I think the accident does not cause-death unless the deterioration shortens-life more than the inactivity lengthens-it. I would remand the case to the Deputy Commissioner for new findings»

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