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WARD v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

No. 81-4233.

684 F.2d 1114 (1982)

Sunny G. WARD, Widow of John D. Ward, Deceased, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, and Zapata-Haynie Corporation, et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hunter, David O. McCormick, Pascagoula, Miss., for petitioner.

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., Al Hopkins, Gulfport, Miss., for Zapata-Haynie.

Benefits Review Bd., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for other interested parties.

Before RUBIN, REAVLEY and TATE, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Benefits are claimed under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (1976) (LHWCA or Act) by the dependents of an airplane pilot engaged in spotting fish who died when his aircraft crashed into the waters of the Mississippi Sound, two miles off Mississippi's Gulf Coast. A panel of the Benefits Review Board denied the claim, with one judge dissenting. Ward v. Zapata-Haynie Corp...

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