Richard L. Edwards v. Director, Office Of Workers Compensation Programs

999 F.2d 1374 1994 A.M.C. 1214 Richard L. EDWARDS, Claimant-Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS; Todd Shipyards Corporation; Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Inc., Respondents. No. 91-70648. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 8, 1993. Decided July 14, 1993. Diane L. Middleton and Marc Coleman, Middleton & Coleman, San Pedro, CA, for petitioner. 1 Joshua T. Gilleran, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC, for respondent Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. 2 Daniel F. Valenzuela and Yvette Boehnke, Samuelsen, Gonzalez, Valenzuela & Sorkow, San Pedro, CA, for respondents Todd Shipyards Corp. and Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co., Inc. 3 David N. Neusner, Embry & Neismer, Groton, CT, for amicus. 4 Petition for Review of an Order of the Benefits Review Board. 5 Before FARRIS, NORRIS, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 6 Richard Edwards suffered a job-related injury that prevented him from continuing his work as a welder-burner for Todd Shipyards. After Todd retrained him as a mechanical inspector, he found work in that capacity at Nordon Manufacturing, but was laid off…