ATLANTIC CONTAINER SERVICE, INC. v. COLEMAN

No. 89-8587.

904 F.2d 611 (1990)

ATLANTIC CONTAINER SERVICE, INCORPORATED and U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co., Employer/Carrier-Petitioners, v. Wallace COLEMAN, Claimant-Respondent, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Barrow, Gustave R. Dubus, III, Savannah, Ga., for employer/carrier-petitioners.

John Jeffrey Ross, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Sol., Washington, D.C., for Dir., Office of Workers' Compensation, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

Ralph R. Lorberbaum, Ashman & Zipperer, P.C., Savannah, Ga., for Coleman.

Before JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, HILL, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.


HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case concerns a claim for disability benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (1982) ("the LHWCA"). The claimant, Wallace C. Coleman, asserts his entitlement to compensation under the LHWCA for a disability resulting from a back injury suffered on December 5, 1985. Coleman injured his back while changing a tire in the course of his employment with the Atlantic Container Service...

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