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NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBLDG. ETC. v. DIRECTOR, WKRS. COMP., ETC.

No. 78-1525.

594 F.2d 986 (1979)

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY (Self-Insured), Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR and Dorothy A. Watkins, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Junius C. McElveen, Jr., Washington, D. C. (Robert H. Joyce, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fair-weather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., Vincent F. Ewell, Jr., Newport News, Va., Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, on brief), for petitioner.

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

E. D. David, Newport News, Va. (John B. Bennett, South Boston, Va., Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, P. C., Newport News, Va., on brief), for respondent Dorothy A. Watkins.

Before BUTZNER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT R. MERHIGE, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (Newport News) petitions for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board awarding claimant Dorothy A. Watkins compensation benefits. The petition questions the assessment of penalty and interest against the company and the procedure followed in awarding an attorney's fee to the claimant's counsel.

We perceive no error in the assessment and computation of the penalty and interest. Newport News...

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