O'Keeffe v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc.
United States Supreme Court
O'Keeffe, Deputy Commissioner, Sixth Compensation District, Department of Labor v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
No. 71-262
Section 22 of the Longshoreman's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, permitting a Labor Department Deputy Commissioner "[u]pon his own initiative... because of a mistake in a determination of fact" to review a longshoreman's compensation claim within one year after its rejection and issue a new or modified compensation order, held to authorize the Deputy Commissioner to correct factual errors revealed by wholly new or cumulative evidence or further reflection on initially submitted evidence.
Certiorari granted; 442 F. 2d 508, reversed and remanded.
PER CURIAM.
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