Bonilla v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Amelia Bonilla challenges a decision of the Benefits Review Board of the United States Department of Labor, which affirmed the decision of an Administrative Law Judge declining to modify the settlement of her workers’ compensation claim, to which she had earlier agreed. We conclude that the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. (1976), in effect at the time of the settlement provide no basis upon which to disturb the agreement. We…