Opinion ID: 66318
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: TPCIGA’s Designation as a Carrier

Text: TPCIGA, for the first time in this petition, contests that it is a LHWCA carrier and challenges subject-matter jurisdiction. As in a similar case involving TPCIGA, Levingston Ship Bldg. Co. v. Pelaez, Case No. 07-60616, 2009 WL 577736, at  (5th Cir. Mar. 6, 2009) (unpublished), here, “[b]efore the ALJ, TPCIGA repeatedly referred to itself as Levingston’s carrier. The ALJ similarly referred to TPCIGA in that way. And, although TPCIGA referred to itself as Levingston’s ‘insurer’ before the BRB, it did not contest its carrier designation.” For the same reasons as in Levingston, “[h]aving repeatedly referred to itself as 3 No. 08-60064 the carrier and not contested that designation before the BRB, TPCIGA is estopped from contesting that designation now.” Id. As in Levingston, “[t]o the extent TPCIGA’s contention is properly read as a challenge to the DOL’s jurisdiction -- rather than merely a repetition of its precluded challenge to having been designated a carrier -- we reject it. The DOL indisputably has jurisdiction under the LHWCA” and “TPCIGA is liable under the LHWCA for penalties, attorney's fees, and interest.” Id. at -.