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Ninth Circuit Denies Concurrent Compensation to DBA Claimant

In this claim for benefits brought under the Defense Base Act as an extension of the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, Claimant alleged... More

New LHWCA Compensation Rates Announced

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has determined the national average weekly wage to be $718.24, a 2.17% increase over the current NAWW of $703.00.... More

Veteran District Director Announces Retirement

Richard V. Robilotti, District Director for the Second Compensation District, announced his retirement from the United States Department of Labor effective October 31, 2016.... More

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Reviewed

The Fifth Circuit was recently called to review a lower court judgment sustaining an Exception of Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Claimant was hired by a... More

Fifth Circuit: Maritime Carpenter Not Covered by LHWCA

The Fifth Circuit recently issued a new decision addressing the limits of jurisdiction under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.  The claimant, a... More

Police Officer’s Appeal For PTD Benefits Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction

In January 2013, a Bogalusa police officer was injured in the course of his employment when his gun got caught on the steering wheel... More

Eleventh Circuit Considers Challenge to Admiralty Jurisdiction in Florida Drainage Canal Injury

On August 3, 2016, the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Tundidor v. Miami-Dade County, a case highlighting an... More

$23 Million Punitive Damage Award Upheld by Louisiana Appellate Court

On June 29, 2016, the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a jury’s award of $23 million in punitive damages to the family... More

Louisiana Offers Legal Protection to Police Officers and Firefighters

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill, Act 184, that serves to offer Louisiana’s police force additional legal protection amid a particularly turbulent... More

Circumstantial Evidence Insufficient to Overcome Clearly Erroneous Standard of Review

Decedent’s wife appealed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (“WCJ”) finding that she failed to establish her husband was in the course and scope of his... More