GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. v. SACCHETTI

No. 81-1474.

681 F.2d 37 (1982)

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Charles SACCHETTI, Deceased, et al., Respondents, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman P. Beane, Jr., with whom Stephen F. Laskin, and Murphy & Beane, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for petitioner.

Lillian C. Levine, with whom Law Offices of Bernard Cohen, Inc., Brockton, Mass., on brief, for respondents Charles Sacchetti, deceased, et al.

Marianne Demetral Smith, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, with whom T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., Sol. of Labor, and Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for respondent Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, and ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner General Dynamics Corporation appeals the Benefits Review Board's award for a claim for partial disability filed by one of its employees, Charles Sacchetti, and a claim for death benefits subsequently filed by Sacchetti's widow under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq. Petitioner argues that the award was improper because Sacchetti was not engaged in "maritime employment...

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