Legal Opinion
Keller v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 19, 1994No. 94-1136PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Steven V.B. Keller appeals from a belated judgment dismissing his Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act suit, see 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950, § 905(b) (1993) (LHWCA), to recover damages for injuries sustained in a fall on board a maritime vessel owned by defendant-appellee United States of America. As appellant has not demonstrated — nor careful scrutiny disclosed — that the unprecedented decision-making delay in this case rendered the district court’s findings unreliable, we affirm the judgment.
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BACKGROUND
In 1978, the United States Navy converted the U.S.S.…
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