Strachan Shipping Co. v. Davis

FAY, Circuit Judge:

The appellants herein seek to set aside orders of the Benefits Review Board awarding recovery to Willie Davis under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901, et seq. (hereinafter referred to as the Act). Davis was a bulk cargo gang foreman for Strachan Shipping Company for approximately thirty years, much of which was spent unloading “dust boats” containing dust producing cargo such as coal, iron ore, manganese ore, and coke.

Davis did not return to work subsequent to December, 1968, due to illness, and he contends that he was first informed…