RYAN-WALSH STEVEDORING CO., INC. v. TRAINER

No. 78-1719.

601 F.2d 1306 (1979)

RYAN-WALSH STEVEDORING CO., INC. and Employers National Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Doristine TRAINER, Gwendolyn Brown, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U. S. Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, W. Boyd Reeves, Mobile, Ala., for petitioners.

Thomas D. Wilcox, Nat'l Assn. of Stevedores, Washington, D. C., for Nat'l Assn. of Stevedores amicus curiae.

Simon, Wood & Gardberg, James C. Wood, J. Randall Crane, Mobile, Ala., Gilbert T. Renaut, Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Before GODBOLD, SIMPSON and RO-NEY, Circuit Judges,


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners, Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Company, Incorporated and Employers National Insurance Company seek review of a final order entered by the Benefits Review Board ("Board") of the United States Department of Labor awarding death benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA"), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (1976), to respondents Doristine Trainer and Gwendolyn Brown. In its decision and order the Board found...

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