Category: LHWCA
Join SBH Attorney Steve Verotsky to learn about Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Insurance
SBH resident Longshore expert, Steve Verotsky, will join Dan Schaller from Woodruff Sawyer and Moderator Gary McCann on Wednesday February 10 at 12:00 pm in…
LHWCA Caselaw Update
There were several attorney fee decisions. All were unpublished and therefore only instructive rather than precedent. In Abassi v. Misson Essential Personnel and Yunis v….
LHWCA Caselaw Update
This quarter most decisions were unpublished and not especially noteworthy. Unpublished decisions cannot be cited as precedent are instructive. Huntington Ingalls fought and lost…
LHWCA Caselaw Update
Below are recent decisions under the LHWCA. Decisions are published in Lexis and posted on the BRB website through 5/30/17. For those among us who…
LHWCA Caselaw Summary
The following is a review of recent relevant Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act caselaw. There were relatively few decisions and none created new law…
LHWCA Quarterly Case Law Summary
Attorney Fees – Entitlement Board allows fees for defending a fee petition. Baker Botts not binding on fee shifting statutes. Clisso v. Elro Coal Company,…
LHWCA Quarterly Caselaw Summary
The Board and courts seem to have taken time off for vacation during the last several months. The volume of new LHWCA cases is relatively…
Department of Labor increases penalties under LHWCA
The Department of Labor issued an interim final rule increasing penalties assessed by the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs under the LHWCA. The new rules…
LHWCA Quarterly Caselaw Update
The most significant decision in this cycle probably is Moody v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc.. Claimant informed the employer he intended to retire as of November…
Longshore Quarterly Caselaw Review
Attorney fees continue to be a hot topic in caselaw. In Shirrod v. Director, OWCP the 9th Circuit held market rates must be based on…
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act Case Law Update
The last several months yielded several interesting decisions. In Raiford v. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., the Board held a reaction to a legitimate personnel action…
