Island Operating Co. v. Director, Office of Worker's Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor

PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:

Island Operating Company and its carrier, the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (collectively, Island) have petitioned this court to review a modification of a benefits award under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWC Act). Island asks that we reverse the modified decision because the original judgment was not eligible for modification or alternatively, because the facts do not support the modification. We affirm.

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In January 2006, Martin B. Taylor, Jr. (Taylor) was working offshore for Island on an oil production platform when his…