Linnell, Choate & Webber v. Heyde

OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT

GIGNOUX, District Judge.

This is a petition for review of an award of attorneys’ fees made by respondent in a compensation order awarding benefits under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. The matter is before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment, with supporting affidavits.

Petitioners, a law firm in Auburn, Maine, representing the widow of a deceased Bath Iron Works pipecoverer, filed a claim on November 6, 1969 on her behalf for death benefits under the Act. The claim alleged that the cause of death,…