USDOL OALJ LHWCA Benchbook, Index Topic L, M, N (2002)

JUDGES' BENCHBOOK: Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act April 16, 2002 [2002 Revision]

INDEX - TOPICS L,M,N

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Index
	Topic Sections	Screen HTML
L
Laches	13.4.5
"Lands Beneath Navigable Waters"	60.3.1
"Last-Injurious-Exposure" Rule	2.2.16
"Last-Injurious-Exposure" Rule	13.1
A Last maritime employer @	2.2.16
"Law of the Case" Doctrine	85.5
Legal Assistance	39.2
Liability
Employer Liability	4.1
Regardless of Fault	4.2
Section 14(e) Penalty	14.3
Employer Knowledge	14.3.1
Period of Assessment	14.3.2
Voluntary Payments	14.3.3
Survivors	9.3.2
Third-Party Liability	5.2
Third-Party Liability	33
Lien Against Assets	17
Light-Duty Work	8.2.3.1
Loss of Use
Arm	8.3.3
Eye	8.3.13
Foot	8.3.11
Fingers	8.3.16
	8.3.17
	8.3.18
Great Toe	8.3.15
Hand	8.3.10
Leg	8.3.6
Partial	8.3.23
Thumb	8.3.14
Phalanges	8.3.18
Total	8.3.22
M
Maintenance for Vocational Rehabilitation	8.8
Manifest Requirement	8.7.4
Maritime Employer	1.9
Master or Member of a Crew	1.4.1
	1.4.2
	1.11.1
Maximum Compensation	6.2.1
Medical Benefits	7
Attendant Care	7.3.7
Biofeedback Treatment	7.3.3
Change of Physicians	7.5
Chiropractic Treatment	7.3.4
Choice of Physician	7.4
Debarment	7.12
Emergencies	7.4.2
Fees Limits	7.9
Impartial Examiner	7.8
Interest & Penalties on Late Payments	7.2
Interest & Penalties on Late Payments	65.6.2
Medical Insurance	7.3.6
Necessary Treatment	7.3.1
Refusal by Employer	7.6.1
Refusal by Employer	7.6.2
Refusal to Submit to Treatment	7.7
Reimbursement	7.6
Specialists	7.5.1
Spiritual Healing	7.13
Third-Party Suits	7.10
Third-Party Suits	33.7.4
Time Bar	7.1
Travel Expenses	7.3.5
Treatment Caused by Injury	7.3.2
Medical Bills	20.5.3
Medical Examination	19.9
Medical Insurance	7.3.6
Medical Ratings	8.3.2
Medical Testimony	23.5
Minimum and Maximum Limits	6.2.1
Minor
Timeliness of Claim	13.1.3
When the Employee is a Minor	10.7
Misrepresentation--Penalty for	3.2.3
Misrepresentation--Penalty for	31
Modification	22.1
Change in Condition	22.3.4
Credit	22.1
De Minimis Awards	22.3.3
Filing a Timely Request	22.3.2
Inapplicability	22.2
Initiation of Proceedings	19.4.1
Legal Error/Change in Law	22.3.6
Mistake of Fact	22.3.5
Orders on Appeal	22.3.8
Raising Section 8(f)	22.3.7
Retroactivity	22.3.6
Timely Request	22.3.2
Valid Request	22. 3.1
"Moment of Injury" Test	1.8
Motion for Reconsideration	19.5
Multiple Disability Periods	8.7.7.1
Multiple Injuries	8.7.7.1
Multiple Settlements	33.10
N
National Average Weekly Wage	6.2.3
Natural Progression	2.2.7
	8.7.2
	70.3
Intervening Cause	2.2.8
Natural Resources Workers	1.10.1
Navigable Waters	1.5.2
Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act	60.4
Applicability	60.4
Course/Scope of Employment	60.4.3
Employee Status	60.4.2
Exclusivity of Remedy	60.4.4
Miscellaneous	60.4.5
Notice of Claim	19.2
Notice of Claim	20.7
Presumption	20.7
Notice of Hearing	19.4
Notice of Injury or Death	12
Awareness	12.3
Hearing Loss	12.3.3
Traumatic Injury	12.3.1
Occupational Disease	12.3.2
Defenses for Failure to Give Notice	12.4
Employer Knowledge	12.4.1
Employer Not Prejudiced	12.4.3
Failure to File textnorm Notice	12.4.3.1
Failure to Designate Agent	12.4.3.2
Form of Notice	12.5.1
Hearing Loss	12.2
Notification of Employer	12.1
Occupational Disease	12.2
Procedure	12.5