RIVERE v. OFFSHORE PAINTING CONTRACTORS

No. 89-4273.

872 F.2d 1187 (1989)

Ernest RIVERE, Petitioner v. OFFSHORE PAINTING CONTRACTORS, Highlands Insurance Company, Raymond Fabricators, Incorporated, the Hartford Insurance Company, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Nail, Triche, Sternfels & Nail, Napoleonville, La., for Ernest Rivere.

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Solicitor of Labor, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Kevin R. Tully, Paul G. Preston, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for Offshore & Highlands Ins.

Kathleen K. Charvet, Lance S. Ostendorf, McGlinchey, Stafford & Mintz, New Orleans, La., for Raymond Fab. & Hartford Ins.

Linda Meekins, Benefits Review Bd., USDL, Washington, D.C., for other interested parties.

Before POLITZ, KING, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Ernest Rivere petitions for this court's review of an order of the Benefits Review Board (BRB) which stayed the award of accrued compensation benefits entered by an administrative law judge (ALJ). He also seeks a stay of the proceedings on the merits before the BRB. For the reasons assigned, we grant review and vacate the orders of the BRB filed November 18, 1988 and March 29, 1989 granting Offshore Painting Contractors and Highlands Insurance...

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