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Following is a discussion of three issues, one for each of the Act’s three extensions. ...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/longshore-act-extensions) ## [10/26/2016 New Truck Driver Case We have a new truck driver case from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Benefits Review Board (BRB). This one deals with the issue of situs as well as status. The decision also ducks the question of...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/new-truck-driver-case) ## [10/12/2016 Longshore Act Exclusions Here are some more examples of the types of questions that come up on a regular basis. Question Number 6 Is there USL&H exposure in a contract to construct or renovate a waterside restaurant? ...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/more-questions) ## [9/28/2016 Longshore Act Questions - Coverage There’s one thing (at least) that you can say about the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. It’s never dull. Questions come up everyday as brokers and underwriters, claims specialists...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/longshore-act-questions-coverage) ## [9/14/2016 Landmark Cases - Gizoni Case number eleven on my list of landmark U.S. Supreme Court Longshore cases is a Jones Act case, but with significant consequences for the adjudication of claims under the Longshore Act. The...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/landmark-cases-number-11-gizoni) ## [8/16/2016 Landmark Cases - Ford The case of P.C. Pfeiffer Co. v. Ford, 444 U.S. 69 (1979), is another early “status” case. It is “early” (dates of injury April 12, 1973 and May 2, 1973) in the sense that at that time the courts...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/landmark-cases-ford) ## [8/2/2016 Aggravation Rule Awhile ago I discussed the “Aggravation Rule”. There are some recent cases that illustrate how this Rule works, so I thought that I would repeat much of my earlier discussion and then briefly note...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/aggravation-rule) ## [7/19/2016 Civil Penalties - Going Up On July 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published an “interim final rule” in the Federal Register. It announced the upward adjustment of the amounts of civil penalties assessed or...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/civil-penalties-going-up) ## [7/5/2016 Landmark Cases - Schwalb The latest addition to my list of landmark Longshore Act cases is Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Schwalb, 493 U.S. 40 (1989). Three employees of an interstate railroad were injured while working at...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/landmark-cases-schwalb) ## [6/21/2016 Landmark Cases - Herb's Welding I’m adding another case to my list of landmark Longshore Act cases, not because this case is a true “landmark” in the traditional sense of the word, but rather simply based on the frequency with...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/landmark-cases-number-8-herbs-welding) ## [6/7/2016 Subrogation and a Glossary Update Subrogation Here is another contribution from Royce Ray, AEU’s Director of Subrogation. NOTE: Royce is a Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional (CSRP). The CSRP designation is conferred by...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/a-guest-post-subrogation-and-a-glossary-update) ## [5/23/2016 Joint and Several Liability, Hearing Loss, and Landmark Cases Number 1. Joint and Several LiabilityI occasionally see references to the nature of ALMA member’s liability as “Joint and Several”. This is a serious misstatement.In fact, ALMA members are NOT, and...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/random-notes) ## [5/10/2016 Future Landmark Cases - Zone of Special Danger I’m adding to my list of landmark Longshore Act Supreme Court decisions with a case that arose under the Defense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651, et seq.) (DBA). The case is O’Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon,...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/future-landmark-cases-zone-of-special-danger) ## [4/25/2016 Future Landmark Cases - Hearing Loss Recently I’ve discussed issues arising under the Longshore Act that present conflicts among the federal circuit courts of appeal or other uncertainties. These issues would benefit from a resolution...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/future-landmark-cases-hearing-loss) ## [4/11/2016 Future Landmark Cases - High Seas, Foreign Waters We observed last time that the issues involved in the “concurrent” jurisdiction question included the competing concepts of individual state police powers versus the need for uniform federal...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/future-landmark-cases-high-seas-foreign-waters) ## [3/15/2016 Future Landmark Cases - Situs Earlier in 2016, I discussed the last case on my list of the top six landmark Longshore Act cases. This time what I’d like to do is to identify the landmark cases that we need but that we don’t yet...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/future-landmark-cases-situs) ## [2/16/2016 Uninsured Employers There are employers who need Longshore Act coverage but don’t have it. These employers have employees who met the status and situs requirements for Longshore Act coverage, but the employers are...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/uninsured-employers) ## [2/1/2016 Landmark Cases, Number VI Before I get to number six on my list of landmark Longshore Act cases decided at the U.S. Supreme Court, here is the list of numbers one to five as discussed here in the past couple of months. ...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/landmark-cases-number-6) ## [1/19/2016 Landmark Cases, Number V Case number five on my list of the Supreme Court’s landmark Longshore cases is Potomac Electric Power Company v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, 449 U.S. 268 (1980). This is...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/landmark-longshore-cases-number-5) ## [1/4/2016 Landmark Cases, Number IV Here is number four on my list of the Longshore Act’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases. It’s Sun Ship, Inc. v. 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