Defense Base Act and War Hazards Compensation Act handbook
By: Roger A. Levy, editor-in-chief, Levy Mediations, Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, LLP
Edition: 2013 edition.
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780769887197
Subjects: Workers' compensation; Law and legislation; Compensation (Law)
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Defense Base Act; title: Coverage : categories of work within Defense Base Act; title: Underwriting the Defense Base Act; title: Waivers under Defense Base Act; title: The Defense Base Act exclusivity : employee's sole remedy and employer's limitation on liability; title: Benefits under Defense Base Act; title: Claims : adjudication and appeals Under Defense Base Act; title: The discovery quagmire : foreign worker claims under Defense Base Act; title: Average weekly wage in Defense Base Act cases; title: The zone of special danger : judicial doctrine expands scope of compensability under Defense Base Act; title: Commutations, death benefits, and settlements under Defense Base Act : "Vive La Difference" for foreign workers; title: The War Hazards Compensation Act : "Kissing Cousin" to Defense Base Act; title: Post-traumatic stress disorder and stress-related psychiatric injuries; title: Attorney fee awards under the defense base act.