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BROWN & ROOT, INC. v. SAIN

No. 98-1132.

162 F.3d 813 (1998)

BROWN & ROOT, INCORPORATED; Highlands Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Frances SAIN, Widow of Willie Joe Sain; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Patrick John Hanna, Rabalais, Hanna & Hebert, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Petitioners. Gary Richard West, Patten, Wornom & Watkins, L.C., Newport News, Virginia, for Respondent Sain; Samuel Jay Oshinsky, for Longshore, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Director.: ON BRIEFS: Marvin Krislov, Deputy Solicitor for National Operations, Carol A. De Deo, Associate Solicitor for Employment Benefits, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Director.

Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Brown & Root, Incorporated and Highlands Insurance Company challenge the Benefits Review Board's decision upholding the award of benefits to respondent Frances Sain under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901...

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