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BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD, INC. v. LIRA

No. 82-4102.

700 F.2d 1046 (1983)

BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD, INC. and Travelers Insurance Co., Petitioners, v. Alphonso LIRA and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Wesley Urquhart, and Robert J. Cunningham, Houston, Tex., for petitioners.

Stephen M. Vaughan, Houston, Tex., Joshua T. Gillelan, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Alphonso Lira brought this Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act claim seeking reimbursement for medical expenses allegedly precipitated by a work injury. An Administrative Law Judge denied his claim, but the Benefits Review Board reversed. Bludworth Shipyard, Inc., Lira's employer, appeals from that order. Because Lira's intentional concealment of vital information, and not an employment-related injury, was the direct cause of the...

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