Todd Shipyards Corporation v. Allan

666 F.2d 399 TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION & the Travelers Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Norman C. ALLAN, Respondent. and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Real Party in Interest. No. 80-7511. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 7, 1981. Decided Jan. 22, 1982. Robert H. Madden, Detels, Draper & Marinkovich, Seattle, Wash., for petitioners. Robert D. Duggan, Seattle, Wash., argued, William J. Van Natter, Bothell, Wash., Levinson, Friedman, Vhugen, Duggan, Bland & Horowitz, Seattle, Wash., on brief, for Allan. Petition for Review of a Decision and Order from the Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor. Before KILKENNY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, * District Judge. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge. 1 Todd Shipyards appeals from a Benefits Review Board order affirming an award of 25 per cent permanent partial disability pursuant to §§ 8(c)(21) and 8(h) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 908 (c)(21) and 908(h). 2 The dispositive issues are: (1) whether the Board erred in reversing the administrative law judge's…