Jurisdiction

I’ve discussed the so-called “concurrent jurisdiction” problem on previous occasions. This refers to the inequitable situation confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Sun Ship v. Pennsylvania, 447...

This blog will cover some of the interesting cases decided during the calendar year 2022. Let’s start with the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Benefits Review Board (BRB) and the Defense Base Act...

Presenters: Brian McElreath, Partner, Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC David Widener, Director of Claims Advisory Services, AEU Original recording date: May 5, 2020 Duration: 7:07 minutes Description:

It’s been 100 years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Southern Pacific RR Co. v. Jensen, (244 U.S. 205 (1917)), established the “Jensen” line, limiting the coverage of states’ workers’...

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...

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...

A couple of weeks ago in “ Interesting Year – Part One” we noted that with regard to jurisprudence, 2012 was an interesting year for those who follow developments under the Longshore Act. Several...

Virginia is in the process of doing something fair and reasonable for the maritime employers in the State. On February 28, 2012, the state legislature completed the process of passing a Bill that...

Oral argument will be held today at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc. et al., which I briefly mentioned here last week. Following is a fuller discussion of the...

PART ONE OF TWO Workers’ compensation claims are covered simultaneously by the Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and by state’s workers’ compensation law in so called...

As I’ve said, over the years the same Longshore questions have been coming up again and again, and now with AEUs Longshore BLOG there’s a source where these questions can be answered. So here’s my...