BATH IRON WORKS v. DIRECTOR, OWCP

No. 91-1079.

942 F.2d 811 (1991)

BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION and Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan M. Muir with whom Kevin M. Gillis and Richardson & Troubh, Portland, Me., were on brief, for petitioners.

Michael S. Hertzig, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Sol., with whom Robert P. Davis, Sol. of Labor, Carol A. De Deo, Associate Sol., and Janet R. Dunlop, Counsel for Longshore, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondent.

Ronald W. Lupton with whom Stinson, Lupton & Weiss, P.A., Bath, Me., was on brief for claimant.

Marcia J. Cleveland and McTeague, Higbee, Libner, MacAdam, Case & Watson, Topsham, Me., on brief, for Russell Harford, amicus curiae.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


BREYER, Chief Judge.

This appeal concerns the calculation of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act disability benefits due a retired riveter partially disabled due to deafness. The Act provides three different systems for compensating partially disabled workers. The first applies to those suffering scheduled (i.e., particular, specifically listed) injuries. The second applies to those suffering other (unscheduled) injuries. The third applies to workers...

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