Legal Opinion
Donald Leblanc v. Cooper/t. Smith Stevedoring, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1997No. 96-60767PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Donald LeBlanc appeals the final order of the Benefits Review Board (“BRB”) affirming the order of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) calculating Le-Blanc’s disability compensation based on his weekly wage at the time of the accident causing his injury, rather than the date when LeBlanc’s injury caused him to permanently leave his stevedoring job. The 1984 Amendments to the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”) added § 910(i), which provides that the statutory “time of injury” in cases of occupational disease is “the date on which…
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