Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Samuel Dillard

Petition granted and case remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from a claim for benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. (the Act). The Director of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, appeals the Benefits Review Board’s affirmance of an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) determination to grant Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company special fund relief…