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GILLIAM v. WILEY N. JACKSON CO.

No. 80-5804.

659 F.2d 54 (1981)

Benny R. GILLIAM, Petitioner, v. WILEY N. JACKSON COMPANY, Fidelity Casualty Company of New York and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

As Amended February 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toole, Taylor, Moseley & Joyner, Almer W. Beale, II, Jacksonville, Fla., for petitioner.

John E. Houser, Jacksonville, Fla., for Wiley N. Jackson Co.

Mark C. Walters, U. S. Dept. of Labor, NDOL, Washington, D. C., Janet R. Dunlop, U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for other interested parties.

Before FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and SCOTT, District Judge.

CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge:

We are called upon to consider the propriety of the denial of a claim for benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (hereinafter "the Act"), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.

Claimant Gilliam was injured while supervising and assisting in the off-loading of pilings from a barge docked in the Amelia River where it passes through Fernandina Beach, Florida. His claim for benefits under the Act was...

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