New Orleans (Gulfwide) Stevedores v. Turner

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case, arising under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., provides us with an opportunity to clarify an issue we left open in our recent opinion in Odom Construction Co. v. United States Department of Labor, 622 F.2d 110 (5th Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 966, 101 S.Ct. 1482, 67 L.Ed.2d 614 (1981). In that case we reaffirmed our position that the burden rests on an employer contesting an award for permanent total disability under LHWCA to show the availability of other jobs that the claimant is…