HOLE v. MIAMI SHIPYARDS CORP.

Nos. 80-5351, 80-5352.

640 F.2d 769 (1981)

James Gordon HOLE, Petitioner, v. MIAMI SHIPYARDS CORPORATION, Continental Insurance Company and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U. S. Department of Labor, Respondents. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, United States Department of Labor, Petitioner, v. MIAMI SHIPYARDS CORPORATION and Continental Insurance Company, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

Order Filed June 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gladson & Sullivan, Guy A. Gladson, Jr., Miami, Fla., for James Gordon Hole.

Williams and Zientz, Mark L. Zientz, Coral Gables, Fla., for Miami Shipyards and Continental Ins.

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Washington, D. C., for Office of Workers' Compensation.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

An Administrative Law Judge found that Gordon Hole, a claimant under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., was one percent permanently partially disabled. The Benefits Review Board reversed. In these consolidated cases we find that substantial evidence supports the ALJ's determination and therefore reverse the Board.

The basic facts are not in dispute. On April 18, 1975 Hole ruptured...

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