Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. Rambo
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1997No. 96-272PublishedCited by 235 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
This case under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act is before us a second time, now raising the question whether the Act bars nominal compensation to a worker who is presently able to earn at least as much as before he was injured. We hold nominal compensation proper when there is a significant possibility that the worker’s wage-earning capacity will fall below the level of his preinjury wages sometime in the future.
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Respondent John Rambo injured his back and leg in 1980 while doing longshore work for petitioner Metropolitan Stevedore Company. Rambo claimed against Metropolitan…
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