Longshore FAQ

There are two types of permanent disability benefits: permanent partial disability and permanent total disability. Those benefits are paid for injuries to the body as a whole which would include injuries to the head, neck, shoulders, back, hips and psychological injuries. If you do not have an injury to the body as a whole, you […]

There are two types of temporary disability benefits: temporary total disability and temporary partial disability.  Temporary Total Disability (TTD) is calculated at 2/3 of your AWW. For example, if your AWW is $600, your TTD rate is $400 per week (2/3 X 600 = 400).  Temporary Partial Disability (TPD) is calculated at 2/3 of the

Your disability compensation rate is calculated at 2/3 of your average weekly wage (AWW). You’re AWW is an average weeks wage based upon your earnings for the 52 weeks prior to your date of accident. If you did not work substantially the whole of those 52 weeks, we can use a similar employee or other

The LHWCA provides for compensation for disability and reasonable and necessary medical care for injuries sustained in the course and scope of employment. There are two types of disability compensation benefits: temporary disability and permanent disability. You can receive temporary disability during the time that you are recuperating from your injuries and your condition is

The Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation (DLHWC) has 10 District Offices that cover the entire United States and Puerto Rico. Connecticut Longshoremen, Maine Longshoremen, Massachusetts Longshoremen, New Hampshire Longshoremen, Rhode Island Longshoremen and Vermont Longshoremen are covered by the North East Region Boston District Office in Boston, Massachusetts. New Jersey Longshoremen New York

If you live in a large city, we can request that your case go to trial in the city where you live. If you live in a rural area, we can request that your case go to trial in a city close to where you live. Most of the time, we are able to convince

If you are a Longshoreman, shipbuilder or harbor worker who is injured on the job, you have one year from the date of your accident, or one year from the last time you were voluntarily paid compensation on account of your accident, to file a claim with the United States Department of Labor. If you

If you are a Longshoreman, shipbuilder or harbor worker, or are otherwise covered by the LHWCA, and you get injured on the job, you must notify your employer in writing within 30 days of the accident. You then have one year from the date of your accident, or from the date you last received voluntary

Any Longshoreman involved in the loading and unloading of container ships and or porters involved in loading and unloading baggage from cruise ships are covered by the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act (LHWCA) and are entitled to file Longshore claims if they are injured on the job.  Ship builders involved in the construction of