OCEANIC BUTLER, INC. v. NORDAHL

No. 87-4488.

842 F.2d 773 (1988)

OCEANIC BUTLER, INC., and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Petitioners, v. Stig B. NORDAHL and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Fitzhugh, III, Fitzhugh & Filteau, Houston, Tex., for petitioners.

Gilbert T. Adams, Jr., Richard J. Clarkson, Beaumont, Tex., Joshua T. Gillelan, II, William C. Jacobs, Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, Donald Shire, Assoc., Sol., Washington, D.C., for Nordahl.

Before GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRY EDWIN SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Oceanic Butler, Inc., and National Union Fire Insurance Company, its workers' compensation insurer under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. § 1333(b) (1982), and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), seek review under LHWCA § 21(c), 44 Stat. 1439, 33 U.S.C. § 921(c), of the Benefits Review Board's decision, 20 B.R.B.S. 19 (1987), upholding a compromise-and-release...

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