United States First Circuit

Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act does not presently confer benefits on employees who are injured at plaintiff's place of work, the East Brunswick Manufacturing Facility, which is not an area that adjoins navigable waters.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/03/2004
• Published 08/03/2004

Judges

• COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marcia J. Cleveland, for petitioner., Barry H. Joyner, Attorney for the Director, with whom Howard M. Radzely, Solicitor of Labor, Donald S. Shire, Associate Solicitor, and Mark A. Reinhalter, Counsel for Longshore, were on brief for the Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs., Stephen Hessert, with whom Doris V.R. Champagne and Norman, Hanson & Detroy, LLC, were on brief for Bath Iron Works.