United States Fourth Circuit

Plaintiff-employer was properly found liable for continuing benefit payments to a permanently disabled worker; it failed to comply with the mandatory procedural requirements for relief under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. section 908(f).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2004
• Published 04/05/2004

Judges

• Before WIDENER and KING, Circuit Judges, and HERLONG, JR., United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Jonathan Henry Walker, Mason, Cowardin & Mason, Newport News, VA, for Petitioner.  Mark A. Reinhalter, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.   ON BRIEF:Henry L. Solano, Solicitor of Labor, Carol A. De Deo, Associate Solicitor for Employee Benefits, Laura J. Stomski, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.