BECHTEL ASSOCIATES, P.C. and Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co., Petitioners,
v.
Sally T. SWEENEY and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, DOL, Respondents.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 19, 1987.
Decided December 4, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kevin J. O'Connell, for petitioners.
Janet R. Dunlop, Atty., Dept. of Labor, with whom Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., Dept. of Labor, and J. Michael O'Neill, Washington, D.C., Counsel for Longshore were on the brief, for respondent, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor. Marianne Demetral Smith, Atty., Office of the Sol., Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for respondent, Dept. of Labor.
Marc Fiedler, with whom Roger C. Johnson and Joseph H. Koonz, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondent, Sweeney.
Before WALD, Chief Judge, MIKVA and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.
WALD, Chief Judge:
John A. Sweeney (Sweeney), worked as a tunnel inspector for petitioner Bechtel Associates, P.C. (Bechtel),1 from 1965 until a few months before he died of gastric carcinoma on June 8, 1980. His widow, Sally T. Sweeney (claimant), filed a claim under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (the Act), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., made applicable...
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