LEATHERS v. BATH IRON WORKS & BIRMINGHAM FIRE INS.

No. 96-2176.

135 F.3d 78 (1998)

Robert LEATHERS, Petitioner, v. BATH IRON WORKS & BIRMINGHAM FIRE INSURANCE, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janmarie Toker, with whom McTeague, Higbee, MacAdam, Case, Watson & Cohen, Topsham, ME, was on brief, for petitioner.

Nelson J. Larkins, with whom Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, ME, was on brief, for respondent Birmingham Fire Insurance.

Stephen Hessert, with whom Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, Portland, ME, was on brief, for respondent Bath Iron Works.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, HILL, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Robert Leathers appeals an Administrative Law Judge's June 2, 1994 order awarding benefits to Leathers under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act1 for disability flowing from work-related carpal tunnel syndrome.2 The ALJ concluded that the date of Leathers's injury was January 27, 1987. Leathers claims that March 27...

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