AIR AMERICA, INC. v. DIRECTOR, ETC.

No. 78-1318.

597 F.2d 773 (1979)

AIR AMERICA, INC., Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, United States Department of Labor, and Joseph F. Kerch, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy G. Zimmermann, New Haven, Conn., with whom Marshall B. Babson, and Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Conn., were on brief, for petitioner.

Matthew Shafner, Groton, Conn., with whom Stephen C. Embry, and O'Brien, Shafner, Bartinik, Stuart & Kelly, Groton, Conn., were on brief, for respondent/claimant.

Mary A. Sheehan, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., with whom Carin Ann Clauss, Sol. of Labor, and Laurie M. Streeter, Associate Sol., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for respondent, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a claim for compensation and benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Act as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-50 (the Act), as extended by the Defense Base Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651-54. Claimant's former employer, Air America, Inc., petitions for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board in which claimant was found to be totally disabled....

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