Calendar year 2014 was a relatively quiet year for Longshore Act jurisprudence, but the U.S. Department of Labor, which administers the Longshore Act, was busy with administrative matters. First,...

LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT ISSUE: Summary of Key Provisions – Part Two The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is a federal workers’...

Maximum/Minimum Weekly Compensation Rates 10/01/2014 – 09/30/2015 – $1,377.02/$344.26 10/01/2013 – 09/30/2014 – $1,346.68/$336.67 10/01/2012 – 09/30/2013 – $1,325.18/$331.30 10/01/2011 –...

This is a continuation of a status discussion. Last time we considered why a “mail clerk” at a shipyard met Longshore Act status. This time, we’ll discuss the maritime status of a truck driver. ...

In the next two discussions, we’ll look at recent “status” cases involving perennial favorites, clerks and truck drivers. As we know, an employee must meet both the “status” and “situs”...

Based on telephone calls and e-mails that I’ve received, there has been renewed interest in a topic I discussed back in November 2013. This involves section 3(d) of the Longshore Act (33 U.S.C....

This is a guest blog, provided by Royce Ray. Royce is the Director, Subrogation Recovery Unit, with The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. He is a Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional (CSRP),...

This is an update regarding recent significant events involving the Longshore Act. The good news is that, considering “recent” to be from January 1, 2013, to the present, there hasn’t been too much...

The 1984 amendments to the Longshore Act changed the provision for survivors’ benefits. Following the 1972 amendments and up to the date of the 1984 amendments, survivors of workers who were...

Two weeks ago I discussed sections 28(a), (b), (c), and (e) of the Longshore Act. We considered under what circumstances liability to pay the claimant’s attorney’s fee is shifted to the employer and...

The so-called “American Rule” requires that litigants in U.S. courts bear their own expenses, including attorney fees. The Longshore Act, however, contains a “fee shifting” provision, whereby, under...

This is mostly a reiteration of a piece that I posted on August 5, 2010. It’s important, in my opinion, and it bears repeating. Brokers and maritime employers should be aware of a potential gap in...

We’ve discussed the Defense Base Act on several occasions, as well as the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. These are two well known extensions of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation...

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) extends the provisions of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act to disabilities or death resulting from any injury occurring as the result...

Employers should be aware that there is a remedy in the Longshore Act for workers who have been fired or “in any other manner” discriminated against for claiming or attempting to claim compensation...

Except for the February 17, 2009, recreational boat repair amendment to section 2(3)(F), the Longshore Act has not been amended since 1984. And since 1984 there have been significant changes in the...

You would think that at any given time, the worker and the employer would know how much the worker was being paid. But it’s not always so easy. In the majority of cases the injured worker and the...

I’ll pick up where I left off last time, with a look at some more cases that made calendar year 2013 interesting in the Longshore context. I’ll also mention some important administrative events at...

Courts use various methodologies to simplify factual analysis, organize the evaluation of evidence, recognize the triggering in shifts in the burden of proof, facilitate matching the facts of a case...

Section 3(d) of the Longshore Act (33 U.S.C. 903(d)) states: “3(d)(1) – No compensation shall be payable to an employee employed at a facility of an employer if, as certified by the Secretary, the...