The Longshore Textbook - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0913875880 ISBN 13: 9780913875889

Verlag: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Extensively revised and rewritten this text is a must for any attorney involved with Longshore and Harbor Workers' compensation claims. The fifth edition of The Longshore Textbook is packed with up-to-date analyses of current court decisions and expanded with new and revised chapters, making it a must for your reference library. Long recognized as "the single source" reference guide for attorneys, adjusters, physicians, vocational counselors, and insurance professionals, the fifth edition is the most complete publication of its kind. Experts in law, medicine and administration present an easy-to-read explanation of the Longshore Act. You will appreciate the clear concise manner in which the Act is evaluated and examined, supplying you with careful presentations of court decisions affecting its application. Legal decisions, statutes and regulations are liberally cited throughout. Its treatment includes issues such as disability, occupational disease, coverage, benefits, vocational rehabilitation, and administrative procedures. Practical questions are also addressed: file administration, administrative procedures, and handling appeals before the Benefits Review Board. Supplementing the substantive materials are the texts of the Longshore Act, the applicable portions of the Code of Federal Regulations, interest and benefit tables, samples of commonly used forms, and a current directory of Department of Labor Longshore offices.Thousands of professionals use the previous editions of The Longshore Textbook. The fifth edition, the most complete single source publication yet, should be part of your professional library.TOPICS COVERED Administrative claims handling AMA disability guidelines BRB appeals and operation of the BRB Claims administration for nonappropriated fund employees Coverage boundaries Defense Base Act: Jurisdictional considerations Death benefits Disability Retained wage earning capacity Employer considerations Fees for services Interest and penalties Medical benefits and treatment Modification of awards Notice of injury and the statute of limitations Occupational disease Practice before administrative law judges Presumptions Rehabilitation Settlements Limitation of employer liability Third-party provisions Vessel and vessel owner considerations

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0913875880
• ISBN 13: 9780913875889
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 458
• Herausgeber: Birnbaum Steven M., Embry Stephen C., Lorberbaum Ralph R.
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