NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO. v. FISHEL

No. 81-2217.

694 F.2d 327 (1982)

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Chester FISHEL, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence P. Postol, Washington, D.C. (Junius C. McElveen, Jr., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Washington, D.C., on brief), for petitioner.

Richard W. Hudgins, Newport News, Va. (Linda S. Prince, Hudgins & Neale, Newport News, Va., on brief), for respondents.

Before WIDENER, HALL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (Newport News) petitions this Court to set aside a Department of Labor Benefits Review Board order requiring Newport News to compensate Chester T. Fishel for the full amount of his disability claim filed pursuant to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. (Longshoremen's Act). Finding the Board's order supported by both the law and the evidence...

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