Legal Opinion
Michael Sestich v. Long Beach Container Terminal Signal Mutual Indemnity Association Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 20, 2002No. 00-70978PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Michael Sestich appeals the Benefits Review Board’s (“Board”) decision affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) termination of disability benefits under § 908(c)(21) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950. The Act provides compensation payable “in respect of disability” which “results from an injury,” 33 U.S.C. § 903(a), and provides benefits equal to two-thirds of the difference between an injured worker’s pre-injury “average weekly wages” and his post-injury “wage-earning capacity.” 33 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. RamboSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Hole v. Miami Shipyards Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Robert E. Randall v. Comfort Control, Inc. And Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Richard E. King v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Cargill, Inc. Northwestern National Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Kaneshiro v. Holmes & Narver, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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