Legal Opinion

Stanhope v. United States Department of Labor

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 18, 2009No. 07-3560-agPublished

1Opinion of the Court

*460SUMMARY ORDER

Claimant-petitioner Dora Stanhope, dependent widow of Enos Stanhope, petition for review of a Decision and Order of the Benefits Review Board (“BRB”) dated June 27, 2007, affirming the Decision and Order of the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) dated August 3, 2006, dismissing her claim for death benefits under Section 9 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 909. Upon review, we conclude that the AL J’s conclusions that Electric Boat successfully rebutted the Section 920(a) presumption were afflicted with the same problems that caused us to reverse in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Rainey v. Director, Office of Workers' CompensationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008

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