NEW ORLEANS (GULFWIDE) STEVEDORES v. TURNER

No. 77-1697.

661 F.2d 1031 (1981)

NEW ORLEANS (GULFWIDE) STEVEDORES and Employers National Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Edward TURNER, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., New Orleans, La., for petitioners.

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., Gerald J. Leydecker, New Orleans, La., for respondents.

Before BROWN, COLEMAN and GEE, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case, arising under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., provides us with an opportunity to clarify an issue we left open in our recent opinion in Odom Construction Co. v. United States Department of Labor, 622 F.2d 110 (5th Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 966, 101 S.Ct. 1482, 67 L.Ed.2d 614 (1981). In that case we...

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