DIRECTOR, OFF. OF WORK. COMP. PROGRAMS v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

No. 85-1699.

787 F.2d 723 (1986)

DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Petitioner, v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP., Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marianne Demetral Smith, U.S. Dept. of Labor, with whom George R. Salem, Deputy Sol. of Labor, and Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for petitioner.

Norman P. Beane, Jr. with whom Stephen E. Laskin and Murphy & Beane, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for respondent.

Before COFFIN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Raymond Fantucchio, an employee of respondent General Dynamics Corporation, suffered an employment-related heart attack on January 19, 1979, and has since been receiving permanent total disability benefits pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. The sole issue is whether, pursuant to section 8(f) of the Act, (§ 908(f)), respondent may transfer liability for the disability...

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