DIRECTOR, ETC. v. COOPER ASSOC., INC.

Nos. 78-1290, 78-1295.

607 F.2d 1385 (1979)

DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Petitioner, v. COOPER ASSOCIATES, INC. t/a Raymond's Liquors and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Respondents. COOPER ASSOCIATES, INC. t/a Raymond's Liquors and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Petitioners, v. Janet COOPER and Lois Cooper and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. Sheehan, Atty., Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., with whom Laurie M. Streeter, Associate Sol., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, petitioner in No. 78-1290 and respondent in No. 78-1295.

John C. Duncan, III, Washington, D.C., Cooper Associates, et al., for petitioners in No. 78-1295 and respondent in No. 78-1290.

Leonard J. Ralston, Jr., Washington, D.C., for Janet and Lois Cooper, respondents in No. 78-1295.

Before TAMM, LEVENTHAL and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court per curiam.

PER CURIAM:

Three questions are presented in this workmen's compensation case. First, is the family of decedent Jacob Cooper, who killed himself as a result of business pressures, entitled to workmen's compensation death benefits? Second, is the employer's insurer liable for the ten percent penalty imposed on employers who make late compensation payments? And finally, is the employer...

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