Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 10, 2010No. 08-70268PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
We consider the maximum weekly rate that applies to an employee’s compensation for disability under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
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The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA” or “Act”), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., requires employers to compensate maritime employees for “disability or death [that] results from an injury occurring upon the navigable waters of the United States,” id. § 903(a). Calculating the statutorily required rate of compensation for disability generally involves the following steps. First, we determine the “average weekly wage of…
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