Scheduled Awards

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...

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 –...

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...

I’ve been posting discussions about the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act since April 20, 2009. I think it’s about time that I summarize what the Act provides by way of compensation...