HAUGHTON ELEVATOR CO. v. LEWIS

No. 76-2450.

572 F.2d 447 (1978)

HAUGHTON ELEVATOR COMPANY, and the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Employer/Carrier, Petitioners, v. Ernest A. LEWIS, Claimant, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted R. Manry, III, Tampa, Fla. (MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, Fla., on brief), for petitioners.

Tim Moran, Tampa, Fla. (Webster & Caltagirone, Tampa, Fla., on brief), for respondent.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WINTER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

The Benefits Review Board of the United States Department of Labor readjusted the basis of compensation awarded Ernest A. Lewis from that of permanent partial disability in 1967, to permanent total disability in 1973. The disability arose from a single injury which was covered by the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., as amended.* His employer, Haughton...

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