DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORK. COMP. v. NEWPORT NEWS

No. 83-1533.

737 F.2d 1295 (1984)

DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Petitioner, v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C. (Francis X. Lilly, Deputy Sol. of Labor, Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., Washington, D.C., on brief), for petitioner.

Stephen B. Clarkson, Washington, D.C. (Mitchell H. Segal, Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Washington, D.C., D.J. Huneycutt, Newport News, Va., on brief), for respondent.

Before SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

The Director of Workers' Compensation Programs (Director) appeals from a decision of the Benefits Review Board affirming the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ)'s application of section 8(f) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 901-50, to the total disability claim of Perry Barclift. The decision relieved Barclift's employer, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (Newport News) of liability...

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