DUNCANSON-HARRELSON CO. v. DIRECTOR, ETC.

Nos. 78-1873, 79-7572.

644 F.2d 827 (1981)

DUNCANSON-HARRELSON COMPANY and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wausau, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, United States Department of Labor, Respondents, and Per S. Hed and William Hatchett, Intervenors and Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. James Finnegan, Kiernan & Finnegan, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners.

Mark C. Walters, Washington, D. C., John R. Hillsman, San Francisco, Cal., for respondents; Linda L. Carroll, Washington, D. C., Stanford L. Gelbman, San Francisco, Cal., on brief.

Before ANDERSON, ALARCON and POOLE, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

This is a consolidation of two separate appeals brought by Duncanson-Harrelson, a marine construction company, and its liability insurer (employer), involving the question whether two injured employees, Per S. Hed and William Hatchett, were engaged in "maritime employment" within the meaning of the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (the Act) at the time of their injuries.

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