Bludworth Shipyard, Inc. And Travelers Insurance Co. v. Alphonso Lira and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Alphonso Lira brought this Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claim seeking reimbursement for medical expenses allegedly precipitated by a work injury. An Administrative Law Judge denied his claim, but the Benefits Review Board reversed. Bludworth Shipyard, Inc., Lira’s employer, appeals from that order. Because Lira’s intentional concealment of vital information, and not an employment-related injury, was the direct cause of the injury for which compensation is sought, we reverse.

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Lira became a heroin addict in the late 1960’s. He eventually went through a…