Legal Opinion
Bath Iron Works v. Director, Wkrs. Comp
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 8, 1999No. 98-2010PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Harold J. Brown, Jr., now nearly 78 years old, worked at shipbuilding facilities owned by the Bath Iron Works (BIW) for 43 years, from 1941 to 1984. Until 1978 he worked at the BIW shipyard in Bath, Maine, a facility covered by the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. From 1978 to. 1984, he worked at BIW’s Har-dings plant, a facility the Benefits Review Board (BRB) determined was not covered by the Act.
Brown obtained an award of benefits under the Act for hearing loss, an occupational disease resulting from years of exposure to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich CollieriesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Del Vecchio v. BowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. Hector Rivera-Martinez, A/K/A El MenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Bath Iron Works Corp. v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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