Legal Opinion

BPU Management, Inc./Sherwin Alumina Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 8, 2013No. 12-60289PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner BPU Management Inc./Sherwin Alumina Co. (“Sherwin”) employed Respondent David Martin (“Martin”) as a doekworker at its waterside ore processing facility. When Martin was injured in one of the facility’s underground ore transport tunnels, the Benefits Review Board (“BRB”) ordered Sherwin to pay Martin benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA” or “the Act”). Because we conclude that the underground transport tunnel where Martin was injured is not used in the vessel-unloading process, Martin’s injury did not occur on a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. CaputoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Perini North River AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. P. C. Pfeiffer Co. v. FordSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Herb's Welding, Inc. v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. SchwalbSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wood Grp. Prod. Servs. v. Dir., Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  2. Wood Group Production Services v. DOWCPCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019

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