BASE BILLETING FUND, ETC. v. HERNANDEZ

Nos. 78-1841, 78-1867 Summary Calendar.

588 F.2d 173 (1979)

BASE BILLETING FUND, LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, and the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Petitioners, v. Manuela G. HERNANDEZ and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Respondents. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Petitioner, v. Manuela G. HERNANDEZ, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred W. Offer, San Antonio, Tex., for Base Billeting Fund and others.

Carin Ann Clauss, Sol., Laurie M. Streeter, Associate Sol., Linda L. Carroll, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., James T. Smith, Associate Deputy Commissioner, U. S. Dept. of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Galveston, Tex., Ralph M. Hartman, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Mike V. Gonzalez, Del Rio, Tex., for Hernandez.

Before GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Manuela G. Hernandez was a maid at the Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. On August 31, 1971, while she was working, she fell and was injured. She was given emergency treatment at the base and then cared for by a private physician. She did not return to work for more than a month, and when she did return, she complained of neck pain and blurred vision. Two years later, on December 23, 1973, Mrs. Hernandez's physician advised her employer that the pain was...

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