UZDAVINES v. WEEKS MARINE, INC.

Docket No. 03-40084.

418 F.3d 138 (2005)

Frank UZDAVINES, (deceased), Marie Uzdavines, (widow), Petitioner, v. WEEKS MARINE, INC., Respondent, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Interested-Party.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Rooney, Israel, Adler, Ronca & Gucciardo, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Christopher J. Field, Field Womack & Kawczynski, South Amboy, NJ, for Respondent.

Joshua T. Gillelan II, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Interested-Party.

Before: FEINBERG and CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and KRAVITZ, District Judge.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

We consider here the proper scope of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA"), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., which provides compensation to land-based maritime employees. Marie Uzdavines, the widow of decedent Frank Uzdavines, petitions for review of an April 18, 2003 decision of the U.S. Department of Labor, Benefits Review Board (the "Board"), affirming an Administrative Law Judge's ("ALJ") disallowance...

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