HILL, Circuit Judge:
Arthur Patterson brings this claim for compensation under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act"), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (1986). From 1956 to 1980 Arthur Patterson was employed with the Savannah Machine & Shipyard Company. During the majority of his years with Savannah Machine, Patterson was a sandblaster. Patterson contracted silicosis from his constant exposure to dust, and has been found to be permanently...
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