Legal Opinion
Stevedoring Services of America v. Price
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 11, 2004No. Nos. 02-71207, 02-71578PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to decide the proper method for calculating an injured employee’s average annual earnings under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. (2001), and to what extent the LHWCA limits an employee’s total disability compensation from multiple awards when the employee has received a permanent partial disability award and a subsequent permanent total disability award. We adhere to our holding in Matulic v. Director, OWCP, 154 F.3d 1052, 1058 (9th Cir.1998), that calculating an employee’s average annual earnings…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. RamboSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. RamboSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Hastings v. Earth Satellite Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Sam D. Matulic v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs Jones Stevedoring Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Stevedoring Services of America Homeport Insurance Co. v. Arel Price Eagle Pacific Insurance Company Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, Arel Price v. Stevedoring Services of America Homeport Insurance Co. Eagle Pacific Insurance Company Director, Office of Workers Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004