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The New Workers' Compensatin Law In Ohio: Senate Bill 307 Was No Accident, Scott Washam
The New Workers' Compensatin Law In Ohio: Senate Bill 307 Was No Accident, Scott Washam
Akron Law Review
In Part I, this comment traces the evolution of workers' compensation laws in this country with particular emphasis on the development of the Act in Ohio. In Part II, the relevant caselaw is discussed, including Blankenship v. Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Jones v. VIP Development Company, and their progeny which led to the enactment of Senate Bill 307. In Part III, Bill 30710 is considered along with its implications for the injured worker.
Land Ho! Two Words An Injured Longshore Or Harbor Worker Never Wants To Hear, Adam Hare
Land Ho! Two Words An Injured Longshore Or Harbor Worker Never Wants To Hear, Adam Hare
Catholic University Law Review
In 1927, the United States Congress passed the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) to provide workers’ compensation coverage to maritime workers injured outside the purview of state workers’ compensation laws. Rigid judicial interpretation of the original Act, however, led to inequitable outcomes in the maritime industry. Workers neither on land nor on the water when injured could not claim workers’ compensation benefits under state or federal laws. The 1972 amendments to the LHWCA sought to cure this inequity. The amended Act included a situs requirement. This Comment analyzes the most important judicial interpretations of the situs requirement of …