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PORT OF PORTLAND v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

No. 98-70492.

192 F.3d 933 (1999)

PORT OF PORTLAND; Helmsman Northwest, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, & Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Babcock, Lake Oswego, Oregon, for the petitioners.

Joshua Gillelan and Sandra Falzone, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.; Meagan A. Flynn, Pozzi Wilson & Atchison, Portland, Oregon, for the respondents.

Before: FLETCHER, FERGUSON and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

Donald Ronne ("Ronne") filed a claim for disability benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA or "Act"), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq., for an injury to his knee that eventually led to total permanent disability. After a hearing, the administrative law judge determined, inter alia, that Ronne's disabling back condition was a "natural and unavoidable result" of the earlier knee injury, and therefore...

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