William Kealoha v. Owcp

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider the circumstances under which a suicide may be com-pensable under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950. We hold that evidence that a claimant planned his suicide does not nec essarily preclude compensation under the Act because the proper inquiry is whether the claimant’s work-related injury caused him to attempt suicide. We therefore grant the petition for review and remand for further proceedings. On remand, the question is whether there is a direct and unbroken chain of causation between the…