Bath Iron Works Corporation v. Director Office of Workers' Compensation Programs United States Department of Labor’s Empirical Analysis
950 F.2d 56 · 1991
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Lawson v. Suwanee Fruit & Steamship Co · C & P Telephone Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · General Dynamics Corp. v. Sacchetti · CNA Insurance v. Legrow · Verderane v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“was designed to encourage employers to hire or continue to employ handicapped workers by ensuring that the employer would not have to compensate in full for a subsequently incurred permanent disability when that disability was attributable in part to a previously existing handicap.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“importantly, Employer-Carrier possessed other information earlier which in the factual assessment of the ALJ and the Benefits Review Board enabled [Employer-Carrier] to 'reasonably anticipate' the liability of the special fund”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a]t the request of the employer or insurance carrier.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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