LOUIS DREYFUS CORP. v. DIRECTOR, OWCP

No. 96-60769 Summary Calendar.

125 F.3d 884 (1997)

LOUIS DREYFUS CORPORATION; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foster P. Nash, III, Sidney W. Degan, III, Degan & Blanchard, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioners.

LuAnn Blanche Kressley, Washington, DC, Thomas O. Shepherd, Jr., Clerk, Benefits Review Board, Washington, DC, Carol DeDeo, Assoc. Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Dir., Office of Workers Comp. Programs, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Louis Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. ("National Union") sought special fund relief under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act after an employee with a pre-existing back problem was injured on the job. An administrative law judge ("ALJ") found that there was insufficient evidence to show that the employee's cumulative disability was made materially and substantially worse by his...

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