Bumble Bee Seafoods v. Director, Office Of Workers' Compensation Programs

629 F.2d 1327 BUMBLE BEE SEAFOODS and Great American Insurance Co., Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, United States Department of Labor, Respondents, and Reynold Hansen, Charging Party. No. 78-1649. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 14, 1980. Decided Oct. 10, 1980. Margaret H. Leek Leiberan, Jones, Lang, Klein, Wolf & Smith, Portland, Or., for petitioners. Raymond J. Conboy, Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, Kahn & O'Leary, Portland, Or., for respondents. Petition to Review a Final Order of the Benefits Review Board. Before HUG, FLETCHER, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant Bumble Bee Seafoods Company (Bumble Bee) petitions for review of a final order of the Benefits Review Board (Board) granting benefits for total disability to appellee Reynold Hansen under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-50 (1976) (the Act). We affirm. 2 * FACTS 3 Reynold Hansen worked as a laborer for Bumble Bee. On April 11, 1973, he injured his back while scrubbing the bottom of a boat. During the next two years he made several attempts to return to work, but…