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

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Index

 

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Obligation to Report Work

8.12

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Occupational Diseases

2.2.13 - 2.2.17

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   Calculation of Benefits for Retirees

10.5.2

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   Death Due to Occupational Disease

9.4.2

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   Definition

2.2.13

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   Disability

2.2.14

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   Filing a Claim

13.1.2

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      Awareness Standard

13.3.2

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   General Concepts

2. 2.13

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   Notice

12.2

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   "Protective Filing"

19.1

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   Time of Injury

10.10

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   Section 8(f)

2.2.17

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Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

27.1.14 - 27.1.14.5

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Compliance as Substantial Rebuttal Evidence

27.1.14.1

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Legislative Purpose

27.1.14.2

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Nexus

27.1.14.3

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Noise Regulations

27.1.14.4

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Section 20 Presumption

27.1.14.5

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Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

1.10

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60.3

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   Applicability

60.3.1

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   Coverage

60.3.2

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   Member of a Crew Exclusion

60.3.3

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   OCSLA v. Admiralty v. State Jurisdiction

60.3.4

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"Overall Employment" Test

1.8

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A Over land @

1.6.2

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Overpayment

14.5

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65.7

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65.10

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Overtime

2.13

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Overtime hours

2.13

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10.1.3

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"Over water"

1.6.1

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Parent

2.15

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Payment of Compensation

14.1

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14.4

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   Ceiling

14.6.4

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Payments

     

   Ceiling on Payments

14.6.4

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   Commutation of Benefits

14.6.2

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   Credit for Prior Payments

14.5

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   Default

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      Constitutionality

18.1

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      Subrogation of Special Fund

18.3

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      Supplemental Order Declaring Default

18.2

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   District Director = s Role

14.6.2

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   Final Payment

14.6.1

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Penalties

     

   Section 14(e)

14.3

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   Section 14(f)[20% when award not paid timely]

14.4

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   Misrepresentation B Prosecution of Claims

31

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      Claimant = s Conduct

31.2

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      Debarred Representatives

31.3

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      Employer Misrepresentation

31.4

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Penalties

     

   Discrimination Against Employees Who Bring Proceedings

48a.2.4

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   Failure to Controvert (Section 14(e))

14.2.2

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14.3

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      Employer Knowledge

14.3.1

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      Period of Assessment

14.3.2

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      Voluntary Payments

14.3.3

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   Failure to Timely Pay Compensation (Section 14(f))

14.4

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   Hearing Loss Claims

8.13.10

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   Misrepresentation

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      Claimant's Conduct

31.2

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      Debarred Representatives

31.3

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      Employer Misrepresentation

31.4

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      Generally

31.1

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Pending Claim

90.3

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Permanent Disability ( also see Disability)

     

Permanent Partial Disability ( also see Disability)

8.3

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   Amputated Arm or Leg

8.3.19

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   Compromising the Medical Ratings

8.3.2

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   Disfigurement

8.3.24

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   Determining Loss of Phalanges

8.3.14

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   Loss of Use of Hand

8.3.10

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   Loss of Use of Finger (Fourth)

8.3.17

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   Loss of Use of Fingers (Second and Third)

8.3.16

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   Loss of Use of Foot

8.3.11

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   Loss of Use of Great Toe

8.3.15

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   Loss of Use of Leg

8.3.6

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   Loss of Use of Thumb

8.3.14

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   Loss of Use of Two or More Digits

8.3.21

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   Scheduled Awards

8.3.1

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      Calculations

8.3.23

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      Multiple Injuries

8.3.26

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   Section 8(c)(1) (Loss of Use of Arm)

8.3.3

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   Section 8(c)(1) and 8(c)(2) (Concurrent Awards)

8.3.4

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   Total Loss of Use

8.3.22

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   Partial Loss of Use

8.3.23

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   Vision/Sight

     

      Binocular Vision

8.3.20

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      Loss of Use of Eye

8.3.13

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Person

2.1

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"Person Entitled to Compensation"

33.6.1

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Phalanges

8.3.18

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Physician

     

   Change of

7.5

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   Choice of

7.4

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   Debarment

7.12

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   Emergencies

7.4.2

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   Fees Limits

7.9

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   Impartial Examiner

7.8

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   Report

7.6.3

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   Specialists

7.5.1

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Physical harm

2.2.4

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Pier

1.5.2

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" Point of Rest" Test

1.8

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Practice and Procedure

     

   Generally

19.01

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   Due Process

19.02

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Pre-Emption

85.3

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Presumptions

     

   Injury

20.2.2

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   Notice

20.7

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   Not Intoxicated

3.2

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20.8

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   Occurrence of Accident or Existence of Working Conditions

     

      Which Could Have Caused Accident

20.2.3

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   Prima Facie Case

20.2

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   Section 20(a)

1.3

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9.1.2

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      Application

20.5

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      Arising Out of and in the Course of Employment

20.5.2

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      Burden of Rebuttal

20.3

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      Causal Relationship

20.5.1

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      Failure to Apply

20.2.5

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      Medical Bills

20.5.3

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      Nonapplicability

20.6

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      Presumption No Longer Affects outcome

20.4

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      Prima Facie Case

20.2.1

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      Proper Invocation

20.2.4

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      Viv-a-vis Injury

2.2.1

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   Unintentional Injury

3.2

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20.9

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Prima Facie Case

8.2.3

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20.2.1

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Procedure

     

   Adjudicatory Powers

     

   The Claim ( See also A Filing the Claim @ )

19.1

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Procedural Issues

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70.8

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   ALJ Adjudicatory Powers

19.3

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28.7

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      Authority Generally

27

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      Approve Settlements

27.1.5

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      Authority to Award Attorney Fees

28.7

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      Authority to Determine Reasonableness

     

         Refusal to Undergo Medical Exam or Treatment

27.1.12

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      Authority to Enter Order

27.1.6

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      Authority to Grant Summary Decisions

19.4.2

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27.1.4

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      Authority to Resolve Contract Disputes

27.1.11.1

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27.1.11.2

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      Authority to Modify Existing Compensation Order

27.1.7

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      Compel Attendance at Deposition

27.1.2

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      Discovery

27.2

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      Section 7 Medicals

27.1.13

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      Subpoenas

27.1.3

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   Award After Death of Employee

19.7

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   Board Appellate Procedure

21.2

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21.4.1

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   Circuit Court Appellate Procedure

21.3

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21.4.2

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   Claim

19.1

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   Discrimination Claim

48a.2.3

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   District Director

     

      Authority to Award Attorney Fees

27.1.11

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      Authority to Enter Section 14(f) Assessment

27.1.9

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      Authority to Issue Supplementary Comp. Order

27.1.10

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      Hold Informal Conference

27.1.8

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      Transfer Claim to Other District Director

19.8

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   Exclude Evidence

27.1.1

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   Federal District Court Enforcement

27.3

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   Formal Hearings Comply with APA

19.4

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   Formal Order Filed with District Director

19.6

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   Medical Examinations

19.9

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   Motion for Reconsideration

19.5

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   Notice of Claim

19.2

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   Notice of Injury

12.5

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   Practice & Procedure

19.01

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   "Protective Filing"

19.1

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   Responsible Employer

70.12

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"Protective Filing"

19.1

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Psychological Impairment

2.2.4

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2.2.18

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