Legal Opinion
Lauzon v. Strachan Shipping Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 5, 1985No. Civ. A. G-84-44PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HUGH GIBSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a longshoreman, brought this action to enforce a supplemental order by the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Labor. In his order, the Deputy Commissioner declared plaintiff’s employer in default of its obligation to pay a compensation award of $25,000.00. Pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 914(f), the Commissioner ordered the employer and its insurance carrier to pay an additional twenty percent of the original award as penalty for default. Section 914(f) provides that if a compensation award is not paid within ten days after it becomes…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- William E. Henry v. Gentry Plumbing & Heating Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Arrow Stevedore Co. v. PillsburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Pizzichil v. Motors InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Army & Air Force Exchange Service v. HansonDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Francis E. Lauzon, III v. Strachan Shipping Company, Texas Employers' Insurance AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Sellers v. Employment Security CommissionWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
- Oceanic Butler, Inc. v. NordahlCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Oceanic Butler, Inc. v. NordahlCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc. v. Robert Cabral and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, OpinionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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