ROWE v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK CO.

No. 96-2572.

193 F.3d 836 (1999)

Joseph ROWE, Jr., Petitioner, v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Harlow Klein, Rutter & Montagna, L.L.P., Norfolk, Virginia, for Petitioner. Benjamin McMullan Mason, Mason & Mason, P.C., Newport News, Virginia, for Respondents. ON BRIEF: Matthew H. Kraft, Rutter & Montagna, L.L.P., Norfolk, Virginia, for Petitioner. Melissa R. Link, Mason & Mason, P.C., Newport News, Virginia, for Respondent Newport News Shipbuilding.

Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and HILTON, Chief United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Claimant Joseph W. Rowe appeals from a denial of his claim for an increase in his compensation for permanent partial disability under the Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901-50. We affirm.

On February 20, 1991, the parties stipulated, in relevant part, to the following facts:

1) That on March 19, 1985, Rowe injured his right knee arising out of or in the course of his employment with Newport...

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