Legal Opinion
Ramey v. Stevedoring Services of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 22, 1998No. Nos. 96-71069, 97-70091PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SKOPIL, Senior Circuit Judge:
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Congress included a provision in the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, P.L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-211, 1321-219 (1996), that was intended to eliminate the backlog of cases pending before the Benefits Review Board. Consistent with that legislation; on September 12, 1996, hundreds of pending appeals from administrative law judges’ decisions were summarily affirmed without Board review. Two of those cases are now before us for consideration — claimant longshore workers who sought disability awards due to hearing losses allegedly…
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- Thomas A. Ramey v. Stevedoring Services of America Jones Oregon Stevedoring Company Eagle Pacific Insurance Company Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, in the Matter Of: Dean J. Bellmer v. Stevedoring Services of America Jones Oregon Stevedoring Company Eagle Pacific Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998