AFIA/CIGNA WORLDWIDE v. FELKNER

No. 90-2339.

930 F.2d 1111 (1991)

AFIA/CIGNA WORLDWIDE, and American Express Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Marilyn C. FELKNER, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, and Wanda Sue Frazier, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Williams, Kenneth G. Engerrand, Brown, Sims, Wise & White, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joshua T. Gillelan, Janet R. Dunlop, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., Jack Shepherd, Chief, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for Felkner.

Stephen M. Vaughan, Mandell & Wright, Houston, Tex., for Frazier.

Before GOLDBERG, JOLLY and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants, American Express Company and its insurer, AFIA/CIGNA Worldwide, (collectively, AFIA/CIGNA), appeal the district court's dismissal of their suit to set aside an award of compensation made by Deputy Commissioner, Marilyn C. Felkner to claimant, Wanda Sue Frazier, Defendants-Appellees, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under section 21(b) of the Longshoremen and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§...

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