PIGRENET v. BOLAND MARINE & MFG. CO.

No. 79-1782.

631 F.2d 1190 (1980)

Robert L. PIGRENET, Sr., Petitioner, v. BOLAND MARINE & MANUFACTURING COMPANY and The Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs of the Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pitard, Pitard & Porobil, Michael L. Lash, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Stewart E. Niles, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Boland Marine, etc.

Carin A. Clauss, Mary A. Sheehan, Solr. of Labor, U. S. Dept. of Labor, for Director, O.W.C.P.

Before TJOFLAT, POLITZ and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner seeks review of an administrative determination that he did not sustain a compensable injury under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901. The administrative finding is not supported by substantial record evidence. We reverse and remand.

On June 30, 1972, the petitioner sustained an injury to his back while working for his employer, Boland Marine & Manufacturing Company (Boland...

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