Legal Opinion

Nacirema Operating Co. v. Benefits Review Board

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 2, 1976No. 75-1984PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

This petition to review an order of the Benefits Review Board involves many of the same issues decided recently in the companion case of Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, 542 F.2d 602 (3d Cir. 1976). In this instance the claimant is a permanently disabled longshoreman rather than the widow of a deceased longshoreman. The Atlantic & Gulf case controls here and requires that we set aside the decision of the Benefits Review Board.

On May 25, 1973, claimant Peter Fulton suffered a heart attack while…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
  2. Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Benefits Review BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Kalaris v. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
  2. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Elizabeth O'KeefeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
  3. Nacirema Operating Co., Inc. v. Benefits Review BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
  4. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Elizabeth O'KeefeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
  5. Ismene M. Kalaris, Administrative Appeals Judge v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, Julius Miller, Administrative Appeals Judge v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, Ismene M. Kalaris, Administrative Appeals Judge v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor Julius Miller, Administrative Appeals Judge v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983

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