IOPA v. SALTCHUK-YOUNG BROTHERS, LTD.

No. 17-70415.

916 F.3d 1298 (2019)

Warren K. IOPA, Claimant, Petitioner. v. SALTCHUK-YOUNG BROTHERS, LIMITED, Employer; Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, Ltd., Carrier; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Program, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay L. Friedheim , Honolulu, Hawaii; Lara D. Merrigan , Merrigan Legal, San Rafael, California; for Petitioner.

Normand R. Lezy , Cox Wooton Lerner Griffin & Hansen LLP, for Respondents Young Brothers Limited and Signal Mutual Indemnity Association Ltd.

Kathleen H. Kim , Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Program.

Before: Richard C. Tallman, Jay S. Bybee, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Petitioner Warren Iopa appeals the United States Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board's ("BRB") order affirming an Administrative Law Judge's ("ALJ") decision striking as untimely a petition for payment of his attorney's fees under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("Longshore Act"), 33 U.S.C. §...

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