United States Ninth Circuit

An employer's petition for review of a decision holding it liable for 24-hour attendant care for claimant under the Longshore and Harbor Workers- Compensation Act (LHWCA) is denied where an ALJ had found that claimant was in need of 24-hour attendant care, and Section 7(a) of the LHWCA expressly mandates that the employer furnish the required care.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/28/2006
• Decided 08/15/2006
• Published 08/15/2006

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge., Before ALFRED T. GOODWIN, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Dudrey, Williams Fredrickson, LLC, Portland, OR, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Meagan A. Flynn, Preston Bunnell & Flynn, LLP, Portland, OR;  Matthew W. Boyle, Appellate Attorney, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, for the respondents.