Parsons Corporation Of California v. Director, Office Of Workers' Compensation Programs

619 F.2d 38 PARSONS CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA and Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR and Gerald W. Gunter, Respondents. No. 77-3626. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 15, 1980. B. James Finnegan, Kiernan & Finnegan, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners. Laurie Streeter, Gilbert Renault, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., on brief; James J. Simonelli, Stockton, Cal., for respondents. Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor. Before BROWNING and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge. * KILKENNY, Circuit Judge. STATEMENT OF THE CASE 1 Petitioners seek reversal of an order of the Benefits Review Board (the "Board"), which affirmed a decision of an administrative law judge allowing the claim of Gerald W. Gunter filed pursuant to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424 , as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 901 , et seq., (the "Act"), as extended by the Defense Base Act, 55 Stat. 622 , 42 U.S.C. § 1651 , et seq. This court has jurisdiction pursuant…