Legal Opinion
Boomtown Belle Casino v. Bazor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2002No. 01-60705PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Boomtown Belle . Casino (“Boomtown”) asks this Court to set aside the Benefit Review Board’s order affirming the award of compensation benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., to Jerry Kate Bazor (“Bazor”), widow of Ben Bazor (“the Decedent”), and reimbursement to the Decedent’s health insurer, Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance Company (“Great-West”). We reverse for two independent, legally sufficient reasons: Decedent did not have the employee “status” required by the LHWCA and Decedent was not…
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