I. T. O. CORP. OF BALTIMORE v. BEN. REV. BD., ETC.

Nos. 75-1051, 75-1075, 75-1196 and 75-1088.

529 F.2d 1080 (1975)

I. T. O. CORPORATION OF BALTIMORE, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Petitioners, v. BENEFITS REVIEW BOARD, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent, William T. Adkins, Respondent, International Longshoreman's Association, Amicus Curiae. MARITIME TERMINALS, INC., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., Petitioners, v. SECRETARY OF LABOR, and Donald D. Brown, Respondents. MARITIME TERMINALS, INC., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., Petitioners, v. Vernie Lee HARRIS, and United States Department of Labor, Respondents. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STEVEDORES et al., Petitioners, v. BENEFITS REVIEW BOARD, U. S. DEPT. OF LABOR, Respondent, William T. Adkins, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Owen, Baltimore, Md. (Francis J. Gorman, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for I. T. O. Corp. of Baltimore and Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.

Donald A. Krach, Niles Barton & Wilmer, Baltimore, Md. (Paul B. Lang, William C. Stifler, Baltimore, Md., Thomas D. Wilcox, Washington, D. C., on brief), for National Ass'n of Stevedores.

Amos I. Meyers, Baltimore, Md. (Terry Paul Meyers, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for William T. Adkins.

Thomas W. Gleason, Jr. (Herzl S. Eisenstandt and Richard H. Kapp, on brief), amicus curiae for Intern. Longshoremen's Ass'n, AFL-CIO.

George M. Lilly, Atty., Washington, D. C. (William J. Kilberg, Sol. of Labor, Marshall H. Harris, Associate Sol., and Karen L. Gilbert, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, on brief), for Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

John B. King, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Walter B. Martin, Jr., Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for petitioners, Maritime Terminals, Inc. and Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.

Charles S. Montagna, Norfolk, Va. (Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for respondents, Donald D. Brown and Vernie Lee Harris.

Linda L. Carroll, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor (William J. Kilberg, Sol. of Labor, Laurie M. Streeter, Acting Associate Sol., and George M. Lill, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, on brief), for Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

These appeals present the question of first impression of the extent to which the 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., extend benefits under the Act to persons engaged in necessary steps in the overall process of loading and unloading a vessel, but who, prior to the Amendments, could claim benefits for accidental injury or death only under state law. The Administrative...

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