Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation and American Foreign Insurance Association, Employer/carrier-Petitioners v. Miriam C. Boling v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor

684 F.2d 640 FORD AEROSPACE AND COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION and American Foreign Insurance Association, Employer/Carrier-Petitioners, v. Miriam C. BOLING, Respondent, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent. No. 81-7539. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 14, 1982. Decided Aug. 17, 1982. Albert Sennett, Hanna, Brophy, McLean, McAleer & Jensen, San Francisco, Cal., for employer/carrier-petitioners. Joseph C. Waxman, San Francisco, Cal., for respondent. Petition for Review of Decision of the United States Department of Labor, Benefits Review Board. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, * and WRIGHT, Circuit Judge. SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge. 1 On September 29, 1977, Vernon Boling died after suffering a myocardial infarction. Around noon he was in the barracks provided by his employer, Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation ("Ford"), and began experiencing chest pains. An ambulance was called, but a stretcher could not be gotten to his room because of the narrow construction of the barracks' passageway. As a result, Boling was forced to walk from his…