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BROWN & ROOT, INC. v. JOYNER

Nos. 78-1554, 78-1555.

607 F.2d 1087 (1979)

BROWN & ROOT, INC., Employer, and Travelers Insurance Company, Carrier, Petitioners, v. Mary M. JOYNER (Widow of Arthur E. Joyner), Claimant, and Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor, Respondents, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Party-in-Interest. BROWN & ROOT, INC., Employer, and Travelers Insurance Company, Carrier, Petitioners, v. Benjamin F. STEWART, Claimant, and Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor, Respondents, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Party-in-Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Kelley, III, Norfolk, Va. (C. Michael Montgomery, Harry E. McCoy, Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for petitioners Brown & Root, Inc. and Travelers Ins. Co.

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, U. S. Dept. of Labor, Laurie M. Streeter, Associate Sol., Washington, D. C., on brief), for respondent Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

James R. Sheeran, Richmond, Va., for respondent Stewart.

Before BUTZNER, WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Brown & Root, Inc., and its workers' compensation insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, appeal two final orders of the Benefits Review Board awarding benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act for injuries and death arising out of the construction of a shipyard and dry dock. The two proceedings were consolidated for our review. We affirm.

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