ALA. DRY DOCK v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP.

No. 85-7707.

804 F.2d 1558 (1986)

ALABAMA DRY DOCK AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, and Margaret Andrews, Administratrix of the Estate of Mack Pritchett, Deceased, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Boyd Reeves, Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Grover E. Asmus, II, Mobile, Ala., for petitioner.

Marianne Smith, Associate Solicitor's Office, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Mitchell Lattof, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for Margaret Andrews.

Before HILL and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, THOMAS, Senior District Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we affirm the decision of the Benefits Review Board, Department of Labor, awarding disability benefits and death benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

Procedural History

The dispute in this case resulted after Mack Pritchett filed a claim for permanent total disability benefits from employment related asbestosis against his employer...

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