MATTER OF LONGSHORE & HARBOR WORKERS' COMP. ACT

No. 89-3021.

889 F.2d 626 (1989)

In the Matter of the Claim for COMPENSATION UNDER THE LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT. Neil ABBOTT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins C. Rossi, B. Ralph Bailey, Bailey & Rossi, Metairie, La., for defendant-appellant.

David B. Allen, Houma, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge:

I.

The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (LIGA) appeals from a district court judgment enforcing a Supplemental Order of Default against LIGA for the payment of worker's compensation under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA" or "Act"). 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950. LIGA contends that the district court should have declined to enforce the Supplemental Order of Default (Supplemental Order) because LIGA was...

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