TIDELAND WELDING SERVICE v. SAWYER

No. 88-4280.

881 F.2d 157 (1989)

TIDELAND WELDING SERVICE and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Petitioners, v. Walter SAWYER, Glynn Rhodes and Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin R. Tully, Robert E. Peyton, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for petitioners.

Lawrence A. Arcell, Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy & Foley, New Orleans, Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Washington D.C., for respondents.

Linda M. Meekins, Clerk, BRB, Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for other interested parties.

Before THORNBERRY, WILLIAMS, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 18, 1989.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

The petitioners Tideland Welding Service ("Tideland") and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company ("Liberty Mutual") appeal a Benefits Review Board ("the Board") finding that the respondents Walter Sawyer ("Sawyer") and Glynn Rhodes ("Rhodes") were entitled to compensation under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA).

In 1980, Tideland employed Sawyer...

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