Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we affirm the decision of the Benefits Review Board, Department of Labor, awarding disability benefits and death benefits under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.

Procedural History

The dispute in this case resulted after Mack Pritchett filed a claim for permanent total disability benefits from employment related asbestosis against his employer, Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Dry Dock), under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (the Act). On February 9, 1983, an Administrative Law Judge (AU)…