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

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Index

 

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"Savings to Suitors" Clause

1.4.1

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Scheduled Awards

8.3.26

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8.7.7

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Scheduled Injury Calculations

8.3.26

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Seaman

1.4.1

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1.4.2

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Secretary of Labor

2.6

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39

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   Administration of LHWCA

39.1

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   Authority to Direct Vocational Rehabilitation

39.3

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   Provision of Information & Legal Assistance

39.2

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Section 20(a) Presumption Death

9.1.2

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Section 33(g)

33.7

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Service disability benefits

3.4.2

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Settlement Judge Procedure

8.10.12

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Settlements

8.7.9.6

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8.10

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27.1.4

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   Alternative Dispute Resolution

8.10.12

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   Section 8(i)

8.10

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      Approval

8.10.5

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      Attorney's Fees

8.10.7

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28.9

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      Checklist

8.10.10

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      Jurisdiction 8.10.2(a) Modification

8.10.8

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      Persons Authorized

8.10.2

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      Power to Approve

27.1.5

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      Relief

8.10.9

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      Section 8(f) Relief

8.10.9

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      Setting Aside

8.10.8.2

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      Structure

8.10.3

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      Time Frame

8.10.4

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      Withdrawal

8.10.6

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Sheltered Employment

8.2.3.1

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Simultaneous Employers

70.11

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Situs

1.1

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1.5.1

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1.6

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   Over Land

1.6.2

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   Over Water

1.6.1

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Small vessel exclusions

1.4.3

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"Special Fund First" Rule

8.13.6

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8.3.26

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8.4.4

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Special Fund Relief [Section 8(f) Relief]

8.7

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   Absolute Bar

8.7.9.4

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   Applicability & Purpose

8.7.1

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   Attorney Fees

28.3.1

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   Disability Defined (for 8(f) purposes)

8.7.3.1

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      Examples of Specific Diseases

8.7.3.3

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   Duration of Liability

8.7.7

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   Interest

65.9

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   Manifest

8.7.4

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   Miscellaneous Issues

8.7.8

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   Multiple Disability Periods/Multiple Injuries

8.7.7.1

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   Permanent Partial Disability

8.7.6

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   Procedural Issues

8.7.9

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   Requirements

8.7.2-8.7.6

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   Settlements and Stipulations, Effect of

8.7.9.6

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   Subrogation of Special Fund to Rights of Claimant

18.3

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   Timeliness

8.7.9.2

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Spiritual Healing

7.13

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Standing

1.1.1

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8.7.9.1

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State

2.8

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Statute of Limitation ( See also "Filing a Claim"

13.1

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Status

1.1

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1.7

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1.8

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   Bridge Building

1.7.3

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   Harbor-Worker

1.7.2

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   Historic Tests

1.8

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   Maritime Worker

1.7.1

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Statute of Limitations

     

   Discrimination Claim ( ' 48a)

48a.2.2

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   Starting

13.1

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   Tolling

13.4

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30.8

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      Another Suit

13.4.3

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      Filing LS-201

13.4.1

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      Filing State Claim

13.4.2

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      Laches

13.4.5

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      Payment of State Worker's Comp

13.4.4

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Stay of Payments

21.2.10

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Stipulations

8.7.9.6

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19.02

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Student

2.18

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Subcontractor Liability

4.1.1

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Subject Matter Jurisdiction

1.2

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Subpoenas

27.1.3

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Subrogation

     

   Carrier to Rights of Employer in Third-Party Settlement

33.8

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   Special Fund to Rights of Claimant

18.3

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Subsequent Injury

2.2.3

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"Substantial Evidence"

21.2.9

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21.3.4

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"Substantial Part of Employment in Indisputably Maritime Activity" Test

1.8

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Successive Injuries

70.2

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Suitable Alternate Employment

8.2.4

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   Actual v. Theoretical

8.2.4.2

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   Burdens of Proof

8.2.4.1

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   Diligent Search

8.2.4.9

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   Effect on Permanent Disability

8.2.4.10

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   Employee Working

8.2.4.6

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   Factors Affecting Employer's Burden

8.2.4.7

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   Jobs in Employer's Facility

8.2.4.8

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   Location of Jobs

8.2.4.3

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   Nature, Terms, and Availability

8.2.4.2

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   Number of Available Jobs Required

8.2.4.4

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   Subsequent lay-offs

8.2.4.7

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   Unnecessary surgery

8.2.4.7

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   Vocational Evidence

8.2.4.5

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   Voluntary Withdrawal from Labor Market

8.2.4.7

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Summary Decision

19.4.2

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27.1.4

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Survivors

8.5

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9.3

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   Amount of Compensation Payable

9.3.2

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   Compensation to Aliens

9.3.8

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Death or Remarriage of Surviving Spouse

9.3.3

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   Family Unit Exception

9.3.2

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   No Survivors or Dependents

9.3.7

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   Payments to Other Dependents

9.3.6

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   Spouse & Child

9.3.1

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   Surviving Children/No Surviving Spouse

9.3.5

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