UNIVERSAL MARITIME SERVICE CORP. v. WRIGHT

No. 97-2129.

155 F.3d 311 (1998)

UNIVERSAL MARITIME SERVICE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Bernard N. WRIGHT; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lawrence Philip Postol, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Washington, DC, for Petitioner. Malcolm McLaurin Crosland, Jr., The Steinberg Law Firm, L.L.P., Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for Respondents.

Before LUTTIG and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and GOODWIN, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge GOODWIN joined.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

This workers' compensation case involves a dispute over the meaning of "wages" as defined in § 2(13) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (LHWCA or Act). Universal...

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