LAUZON v. STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.

No. 85-2285 Summary Calendar.

782 F.2d 1217 (1985)

Francis E. LAUZON, III, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY, Defendant, Texas Employers' Insurance Association, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright & Jaworski, Gray H. Miller, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Joel W. Ellis, II, Galveston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Texas Employers' Insurance Association ("Texas Employers'") appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Francis Lauzon ("Lauzon") enforcing an award against the appellants of twenty percent of Lauzon's original Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act award as a penalty for late payment of the original award. See 33 U.S.C. §§ 914(f), 918(a). The judgment of the district court is affirmed...

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