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HOUSE v. SOUTHERN STEVEDORING CO.

No. 82-1440.

703 F.2d 87 (1983)

Lonnie HOUSE, Petitioner, v. SOUTHERN STEVEDORING COMPANY, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondents, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Klein, Norfolk, Va. (Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for petitioner.

William L. Dudley, Jr., Stephen A. Strickler, Norfolk, Va. (Harlan, Knight, Dudley & Pincus, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for respondents.

Before WIDENER and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Lonnie House seeks reconsideration of a lump sum award of workers' compensation. He argues that the assistant deputy commissioner who approved the settlement between House and his employer in 1975 lacked statutory authority to certify awards under 33 U.S.C. § 908(i)(A) (1978), and that therefore the settlement was invalid. Alternatively, he contends that 33 U.S.C. § 922 (1978), which requires...

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