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ATLANTIC MARINE, INC. v. BRUCE

No. 80-5383.

661 F.2d 898 (1981)

ATLANTIC MARINE, INC. and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Petitioners, v. Julius BRUCE and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U. S. Department of Labor (Freda Irene Bruce, Personal Representative of the Estate of Julius Bruce, Substituted in the Place and Stead of Julius Bruce, Deceased), Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

November 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyd, Jenerette, Leemis & Staas, Lloyd C. Leemis, Jacksonville, Fla., for petitioners.

Thomas Brown, Timothy D. Ellis, Jacksonville, Fla., for Julius Bruce.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Petitioners seek reversal of a decision of the Benefits Review Board awarding Bruce benefits under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.

In 1973 claimant Bruce fell from a scaffold at work and injured his back. He underwent a myelogram1 and then disc surgery. Because of persisting pain Bruce suffered a severe post-traumatic, anxiety-depressive reaction...

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