Equitable Equipment Co. v. Director, Office of Worker's Compensation Programs

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

This case, initially involving a claim for compensation under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), has evolved into a dispute between Equitable Equipment Company (“Equitable”) and its former insurers. The Benefits Review Board (“BRB”) dismissed Equitable’s claim for attorneys’ fees for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

E. Elliot Jourdan died from injuries sustained while employed, from December 17, 1940, to July 1, 1973, at Equitable’s Madi-sonville Shipyard. Jourdan’s wife filed a claim for LHWCA benefits,…