In spite of the deference afforded West Virginia's Workers' Compensation Board of Review when it comes to fact-finding, the state's Supreme Court, in a memorandum decision, reversed the Board's decision that awarded benefits for a worker's... Read More

Acknowledging that the New York Workers’ Compensation Board had broad discretion in setting rules regarding the content and formatting of an application for Board review (form RB-89), a state appellate court nevertheless held the rules, as written... Read More

The question of timely notice to the employer was not a jurisdictional question subject to de novo review, held the Supreme Court of South Carolina. Accordingly, where the Court of Appeals employed the de novo standard, instead of the substantial evidence... Read More

By Karen Koenig, Associate General Counsel, Longshore, Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. BRB Statistical Update The Board began this fiscal year in October 2011 with 148 pending Longshore appeals. During the... Read More

William Dorsey, Administrative Law Judge [fn1], Scott Hardy, Attorney Advisor, OALJ San Francisco A ttorney’s fees and costs often are available under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C.S. § 901 et seq.) to... Read More

Noting that the Board was free to reject the medical opinion offered by the claimant’s expert and credit one rendered by an independent medical examiner, a New York appellate court held that the Board was not, however, free to misread the record... Read More

By Karen Koenig, Associate General Counsel, Longshore, Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. BRB Statistical Update The Board began this fiscal year in October 2011 with 148 pending Longshore appeals. During... Read More