Legal Opinion
Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Corp. v. Sowell
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 24, 1991No. 89-7868PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
In this case, Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Corporation (ADDSCO) appeals the Benefits Review Board’s (the Board) affirmance of an award of benefits for hearing loss made by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to John Sowell under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA or the Act), 33 U.S. C.A. §§ 901-950 (1986). We affirm.
I. Background
Sowell worked for various shipyards from 1941 to 1969. He worked for ADDS-CO for a brief period in 1945,1 for one week in 1963, and for five weeks in 1969. After leaving ADDSCO in 1969, Sowell never again worked in…
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