I’ve talked about dual, or concurrent, USL&H/state act workers’ compensation jurisdiction here several times, and most recently I discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Sun Ship decision. This...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

Here is number four on my list of the Longshore Act’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases. It’s Sun Ship, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., 447 U.S. 715 (1980). This is the decision...

This is a continuation of a brief list of calendar year 2015 Longshore Act related cases from the Benefits Review Board and the federal courts of appeal that I found interesting. Crosby Forbes v....

As I noted last time, calendar year 2015 was a routine year for Longshore Act litigation. There were no cases decided at the U.S. Supreme Court and no new conflicts were created among the federal...

Here’s my third nomination for “landmark” case status on our Longshore scale of cases decided at the U.S. Supreme Court. But first, here’s parts of section 33 of the Longshore Act (33 U.S.C. 933).

I have a second case to nominate as a “landmark” U.S. Supreme Court Longshore Act case ( see the discussion of Northeast Marine Terminals Co., Inc. et al. v. Caputo, et al. from last time ). My...

There are decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court that are referred to as “landmarks”. These landmark decisions are significant events in history in their own right. They address/resolve/create national...

National Average Weekly Wage The U.S. Department of Labor has released Industry Notice No. 154, dated September 8, 2015. The Subject is: Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates Under the Longshore...

This is a very important concept for all parties to a Longshore Act claim. There is a great deal at stake. If an injured worker meets his prima facie case, raising the section 20(a) presumption of...

This is a continuation of our discussion concerning the authority and responsibility of the U.S. Department of Labor’s District Directors in the adjudication/administration of claims under the...

The U.S. Department of Labor, which administers the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, has a three step process for adjudicating claims. The first step is informal proceedings at the...

I’ve discussed the Defense Base Act (DBA) (42 U.S.C. 1651) on several previous occasions so I’ll just briefly review it here and then discuss one particular aspect. The DBA is a workers’...

Principal Skinner once introduced Lisa Simpson as, “The answer to the question nobody asked”. Yes, Lisa could occasionally be an annoying, obtrusive know it all. In that same vein, it has occurred...

How is the winner determined when a controverted Longshore case goes to a formal hearing at the Office of Administrative Law Judges? The ALJ considers all of the testimony and all of the...

Yogi Berra might have said this. “Some questions always come up, because they don’t come up that often.” You know. Sort of like, “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded”. Questions continue...

This is a continuation of our discussion of a contractor’s statutory liability for workers’ compensation benefits under section 4(a).Remember, section 4(a) deals with contractor liability in the...