Maritime Law is also known in English speaking countries as Admiralty Law. It embodies the case law and statutes governing disputes arising on navigable waters. This area of law is a complex matrix of different laws and international treaties often overlapping each other. Maritime law is an interesting mix of ancient legal theories, modern statutes, contract law and international treaties. …
Florida Workers Compensation Unconstitutional???
A Miami circuit court judge has ruled that the Florida Workers Compensation law is unconstitutional! In an August 13 opinion, Judge Jorge E. Cuelo, who sits on the bench for the 11th judicial circuit, has declared that the law violates several constitutional provisions, both in the U.S. Constitution and the Florida Constitution, one section of which the right to be …
Afghanistan and Iraq Burn Pits
Afghanistan and Iraq Burn Pits There has been quite a bit of publicity in the last few years about the medical issues arising from the “burn pits” that were used for waste disposal in Iraq, Afghanistan and a few other locations where the U.S. military has established bases. Apparently, anything and everything that could burn was burned in these pits, …
Oil & Gas Workers Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
We have talked at length about the Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation Act and, by extension, the Defense Base Act. We have not really talked much about the Outer Continental Shelf Act, which provides for another extension of the Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation Act to compensate those workers injured while working in the oil & gas industry on the …
DBA Attorney Newsletter – July 2014
Barnett, Lerner & Karsen, P.A. www.injuredoverseas.com (954) 920-7400 ====================================================================================================================================== WELCOME TO THE DBA NEWSLETTER, PREPARED BY BARNETT, LERNER & KARSEN, P.A. WE HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DEFENSE BASE ACT AND YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. ====================================================================================================================================== RECENT ISSUES REGARDING THE CALCULATION OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE Samuel S. Frankel, Jr. For several years the average weekly wage …