BOURGEOIS v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP.

No. 19-60337. Summary Calendar.

946 F.3d 263 (2020)

Tramond BOURGEOIS, Petitioner v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES Department of Labor; Fab-Con, Incorporated; Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, Limited, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed January 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Christopher Whitmore, Esq. , Blake Jones Law Firm, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner.

William M. Bush , Rae Ellen James , Associate Solicitor, Mark A. Reinhalter , Counsel, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, David Duhon , U.S. Department of Labor, OWCP/ DLHWC, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor.

Edward Settoon Johnson, Esq. , Senior Trial Attorney, Johnson, Yacoubian & Paysse, New Orleans, LA, for Respondents Fab-Con, Incorporated, Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, Limited.

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner-appellant Tramond Bourgeois, a former employee of appellee Fab-Con, Inc., filed a claim for benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA") after he was injured while working on navigable waters on May 31, 2014. The Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") found that Bourgeois suffered...

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