VERDERANE v. JACKSONVILLE SHIPYARDS, INC.

No. 84-3777.

772 F.2d 775 (1985)

Edward J. VERDERANE, Claimant-Respondent, v. JACKSONVILLE SHIPYARDS, INC. AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Employer/Carrier-Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, United States Department of Labor, Party-In-Interest — Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Houser, Jacksonville, Fla., for employer/carrier-petitioners.

Marianne Demetral Smith, Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Washington, D.C., for party-in-interest-respondents.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge:

One truism of the law is that substantive and procedural rights may be lost if not asserted in a timely fashion. That truism is no less valid in administrative tribunals than elsewhere. This petition for review raises the issue whether a party can rely on section 8(f) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 908(f) (West Supp.1985) ("the Act"), when the relief afforded by that section was not raised...

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