PETTUS v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 77-2230.

587 F.2d 627 (1978)

George PETTUS (Claimant), Respondent, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Employer) and Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey (Carrier), Petitioners, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, UNITED STATES Department of Labor, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Dyer, Washington, D. C. (Siciliano, Ellis, Sheridan & Dyer, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellants.

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor and Mark L. Schaffer, Washington, D. C. (James A. Mannino, Ashcraft, Gerel & Koonz, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 4, 1979.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

American Airlines, Inc. and its employees' compensation insurance carrier, Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, appeal a final order of the Benefits Review Board, awarding American employee George Pettus benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, (Longshoremen's Act), 33 U.S.C...

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