United States Second Circuit

Under Section 2(3) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, shop steward duties may qualify as "maritime employment" even if steward is not present for the loading and unloading of cargo.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/26/2001
• Published 04/26/2001

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before SOTOMAYOR and JACOBS, Circuit Judges, and BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence P. Postal,Seyfarth Shaw, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Philip J. Rooney, Israel, Adler, Ronca & Gucciardo, New York, NY, for Respondent Victor Marinelli., Joshua T. Gillelan II, Senior Attorney, Office of the Solicitor of Labor, Division of Employee Benefits, Washington, DC, for Respondent Director, OWCP.