Battelle Memorial Institute v. Dicecca

SOUTER, Associate Justice.

This case comes to us on petition to review an award of death benefits made by the Benefits Review Board under the Defense Base Act (DBA), 42 U.S.C. § 1651 et seq. The recipient (respondent here) is the widow of a covered employee stationed in Tbilisi, Georgia who died in an auto ' accident while traveling by taxi to shop for groceries. The issue turns on application of the “zone of special danger” principle, O’Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, 340 U.S. 504, 507, 71 S.Ct. 470, 95 L.Ed. 483 (1951), and we affirm the agency’s award.

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Gerald DiCecca was hired by Petitioner…