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JASINSKAS v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP.

No. 83-1359.

735 F.2d 1 (1984)

Susan JASINSKAS, Widow of Frank B. Jasinskas, Deceased, Petitioner, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lillian C. Levine, Wakefield, Mass., with whom Law Offices of Bernard Cohen, Inc., Brockton, Mass., was on brief, for petitioner.

Marianne Demetral Smith, Washington, D.C., Atty., with whom Francis X. Lilly, Deputy Sol. of Labor, and Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Neal C. Tully, Boston, Mass., with whom Charles E. Colson, and Cargill, Masterman & Culbert, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Before COFFIN, ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Mrs. Susan Jasinskas, filed a claim for death benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. She stated that her husband's death from a heart attack in February 1977 was causally related to asbestosis he contracted from working as a pipefitter in a shipyard for Bethlehem Steel Corporation from 1941 to around 1946. An Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") awarded her compensation...

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