Staffing v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

Claimant, Ramiro Loredo, seeks rehearing of our order reversing the Benefits Review Board’s (BRB) affirmance of an award of attorney’s fees to his counsel. Loredo argues that our opinion is in conflict with an opinion of this court, James J. Flanagan Stevedores, Inc. v. Gallagher, 219 F.3d 426 (5th Cir.2000), which was filed just days before the opinion in our case. Gallagher was decided under a unique set of facts that we do not find helpful in this case. However, on reconsideration and reexamination of the record, we conclude that the ALJ did not err in granting…