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LENTZ v. COTTMAN CO.

No. 87-2601.

852 F.2d 129 (1988)

Irvin LENTZ; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Petitioner, v. The COTTMAN COMPANY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Weisbaum (Jerome Blum, Benjamin Lipsitz, Baltimore, Md., on brief), Michael S. Hertzig, Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C. (George R. Salem, Donald S. Shire, Dept. of Labor, J. Michael O'Neill, Washington, D.C., for Longshore, Dept. of Labor, on brief), for petitioner.

J. Edward Martin (Allen, Thieblot & Alexander, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for respondent.

Before HALL, CHAPMAN and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Irvin Lentz ("claimant") appeals the decision of the Benefits Review Board ("BRB") affirming the decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") that the claimant in this case is only partially disabled. Because the Board's decision is inconsistent with this Court's prior holdings, we reverse and remand with directions to award claimant benefits based on permanent and total disability.

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Lentz was seriously injured when...

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