Legal Opinion
Strachan Shipping Company and Texas Employers' Insurance Association v. Robert D. Wedemeyer, Deputy Commissioner, and Steve S. Warchol
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1971No. 71-2088PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
The sole question to be decided is whether a Deputy Commissioner, 1 in making an award of compensation under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 2 has authority to include interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum on each installment of compensation from the time payment would have been due had not the employer controverted the right to compensation.
There is no dispute about the facts now material. On August 9, 1968, Steve S. Warchol, a longshoreman in the employ of Strachan Shipping Company, acting in the course and scope of his employment,…
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