DYNCORP INTERN. v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

Docket No. 09-4976-ag.

658 F.3d 133 (2011)

DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL, Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York/ CNA International, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, United States Department of Labor, Elizabeth A. Mechler, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 2, 2011.

Amended: September 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Thomas , Thomas, Quinn & Krieger, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners.

David C. Barnett , Barnett & Lerner, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL ( Joshua T. Gillelan II , of counsel, Longshore Claimants's Nat'l Law Center, on the brief), for Respondents.

Before: POOLER, HALL, Circuit Judges, and COGAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioners Dyncorp International and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York/CNA International appeal the decision and order of the Department of Labor Benefits Review Board reversing the Administrative Law Judge's dismissal of respondent Elizabeth Mechler's claim for benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-50, as extended by the Defense Base Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1651-54, as untimely. The...

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