Judge's Benchbook: Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
Supplement - January 2005
Table of Contents
EDITORS NOTE: This supplement to the January 2002 edition of the Longshore Benchbook is a compilation of Digests and Errata, plus several re-workings of portions of original Benchbook subsections. It is current through January 3, 2005. (For the most recent case law that has developed since January 3, 2005, see the Significant Case Digests beginning with January--February 2005.) Periodically information contained in new Significant Case Digests will be added and citations will be updated as publishers provide volume and page numbers.
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TOPIC 1
TOPIC 2
TOPIC 3
TOPIC 4
TOPIC 5
EXCLUSIVITY OF REMEDY AND THIRD PARTY LIABILITY
TOPIC 6
TOPIC 7
TOPIC 8.1
TOPIC 8.2
TOPIC 8.3
TOPIC 8.4
CONFLICTS BETWEEN APPLICABLE SECTIONS
TOPIC 8.5
TOPIC 8.6
TOPIC 8.7
TOPIC 8.8
MAINTENANCE FOR VOCATIONAL REHAB
TOPIC 8.9
TOPIC 8.10
TOPIC 8.11
TOPIC 8.12
TOPIC 8.13
TOPIC 9
TOPIC 10
TOPIC 12
TOPIC 13
TOPIC 14
TOPIC 15
TOPIC 16
ASSIGNMENT AND EXEMPTION FROM CLAIMS OF CREDITORS
TOPIC 17
TOPIC 18
TOPIC 19.1
TOPIC 19.2
TOPIC 19
TOPIC 20
TOPIC 21
TOPIC 22
TOPIC 23
TOPIC 24
TOPIC 26
TOPIC 27
POWERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
TOPIC 28
TOPIC 30
TOPIC 31
PENALTY FOR MISREPRESENTATION--PROSECUTION OF CLAIMS
TOPIC 33
COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES WHERE THIRD PERSONS ARE LIABLE
TOPIC 39
ADMINISTRATION AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
TOPIC 48a
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EMPLOYEES WHO BRING PROCEEDINGS
TOPIC 60
TOPIC 65
TOPIC 70
TOPIC 75
EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP
TOPIC 80
TOPIC 85
RES JUDICATA, COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL, FULL FAITH AND CREDIT, ELECTION OF REMEDIES
TOPIC 90
DISCLAIMER: The Longshore Benchbook was created solely to assist the Office of Administrative Law Judges as a first reference in researching cases arising under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, and extension acts, as amended. This Benchbook does not constitute the official opinion of the Department of Labor, the Office of Administrative Law Judges, or any individual judge on any subject. This Benchbook does not necessarily contain an exhaustive or current treatment of case holdings, and should, under no circumstances, substitute for a party's own research into the statutory, regulatory, and case law authorities on any given subject referred to therein. It is intended to be used as a research tool, not as final legal authority and should not be cited or relied upon as such.