TAYLOR v. DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS COMP. PROGRAMS

No. 98-71004.

201 F.3d 1234 (2000)

Lois TAYLOR, widow of Glen Taylor, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, Plant Shipyard Corporation and its Insurer, Industrial Indemnity, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne M. Burr, Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Oakland, California, for the petitioner.

Samuel Oshinsky (argued) & Laura J. Stomski (on the briefs), United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for the federal respondent.

Roger A. Levy, Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, San Francisco, California, for the private respondent.

Before: ALDISERT, O'SCANNLAIN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


ALDISERT, Circuit Judge:

Section 33(f) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 933(f) ("Act" or "LHWCA"), describes the rights and responsibilities of a "person entitled to compensation" who enters into a settlement with a third party. Lois Taylor, widow of Glenn Taylor, the covered worker under the Act, petitions this court for review of a final order of the Benefits Review Board, which credited her late husband's employer for amounts...

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