If you are injured as a maritime worker in the United States, your right to workers’ compensation is found in the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). In fact, some of the benefits under
To meet the situs requirement, your injury must have occurred either on a ship/boat/vessel, or somewhere where boats or watercraft are docked. This could be a wharf, dock, pier or terminal—injuries at or near any
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