Gulf Stevedore Corporation and Texas Employers' Insurance Association v. Lee H. Hollis, Deputy Commissioner and Gabelus Picard

Gabelus Picard was working as a longshoreman for Gulf Stevedore on a vessel in Houston when a rope struck him in the eye. The only issue on this appeal is the proper standard for determining the percentage loss of vision. The Longshoremen’s Act provides that compensation for loss of eighty percent or more of the vision of an eye “shall be the same as for loss of the eye” — 160 weeks’ compensation. 33 U.S.C. § 908(c) (5), (16). Pi-card and the deputy commissioner contend that Picard qualifies under this section because his uncorrected vision suffered a permanent loss of ninety-five percent.…