Longshore Act maximum rate set at date of disability
The maximum workers’ compensation benefits available to a longshoreman must be based on the national average weekly wage for the fiscal year in which he became disabled, the U.S. Supreme Court has...
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An asbestos defendant should have been permitted to introduce evidence that it had no duty to intervene to protect the plaintiff because of the safety programs implemented by the plaintiff’s employer,...
View ArticleSuicide attempt compensable under Longshore Act
A dock worker who injured himself in a suicide attempt may be entitled to benefits under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in...
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