Vessel

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Texas offers a discussion of an issue that is important to employers (and insurance carriers) struggling to distinguish between liability for injured...

Questions regularly arise with regard to Longshore Act coverage for dredging operations. These operations present several key coverage issues worth discussing. Overview Dredging is usually done to...

Here is Part Two of a brief summary of interesting (to me) cases from calendar year 2016. David F. Pittman v. New Century Fabricators, Incorporated and American Interstate Insurance Company;...

Longshore Act question number 4 was discussed on the AEU Longshore Blog back on March 31, 2010. It’s finally occurred to me that the previous discussion needs to be updated.What is a vessel?Neither...

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 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...

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...

Last time I listed my Top Ten Longshore Act issue conflicts among the federal circuit Courts of Appeal. This time I’d like to list my Top Three conflicts that have recently been resolved, or at...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida on January 15, 2013. The issue was whether Mr. Lozman’s floating home was a vessel, subject to Admiralty...

What is a “vessel”? This is anything but a simple question, especially at the fringes of any attempt at an all inclusive definition. If you write marine insurance exposures, whether inland or...

On December 30, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published final regulations (at 20 CFR Part 701) implementing the amendment to section 902(3)(F) that was contained in the American Recovery...

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...