Earl Perkins v. Marine Terminals Corporation, and Pacific Employers Insurance Co., Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Marine Terminals Corporation, and Pacific Employers Insurance Co.

673 F.2d 1097 Earl PERKINS, Petitioner, v. MARINE TERMINALS CORPORATION, and Pacific Employers Insurance Co., Respondents. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, United States Department of Labor, Petitioner, v. MARINE TERMINALS CORPORATION, and Pacific Employers Insurance Co., Respondents. Nos. 80-7220, 80-7241. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 12, 1981. Decided April 8, 1982. Kathryn E. Ringgold, San Francisco, Cal., Joshua T. Gillelan, Washington, D. C., argued, for petitioner; Airola & Ringgold, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. Albert H. Sennett, San Francisco, Cal., for respondents. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board. Before SKOPIL and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and BILBY, * District Judge. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: 1 The claimant, Earl Perkins, and the Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs ("Director") petition for review of an order of the Benefits Review Board ("Board") that vacated a compensation award by an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA" or "Act"), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq., and remanded…