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EDWARDS v. DIRECTOR, OWCP

No. 91-70648.

999 F.2d 1374 (1993)

Richard L. EDWARDS, Claimant-Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS; Todd Shipyards Corporation; Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Inc., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane L. Middleton and Marc Coleman, Middleton & Coleman, San Pedro, CA, for petitioner.

Joshua T. Gilleran, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC, for respondent Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Daniel F. Valenzuela and Yvette Boehnke, Samuelsen, Gonzalez, Valenzuela & Sorkow, San Pedro, CA, for respondents Todd Shipyards Corp. and Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co., Inc.

David N. Neusner, Embry & Neismer, Groton, CT, for amicus.

Before FARRIS, NORRIS, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Richard Edwards suffered a job-related injury that prevented him from continuing his work as a welder-burner for Todd Shipyards. After Todd retrained him as a mechanical inspector, he found work in that capacity at Nordon Manufacturing, but was laid off after 11 weeks because of a reduction in the work force. He was then unable to find other work.

Edwards filed a claim for total disability benefits under the Longshore and...

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