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Seafarer Disability Benefits: When a Late or Vague Medical Assessment Means Automatic Total Disability

A Supreme Court ruling clarifies when a company-designated physician's incomplete or late medical assessment entitles a seafarer to permanent total disability benefits.

Seafarer Death Benefits: Prescription Periods and Proving Work-Related Death

Learn the strict rules on prescription and compensability in seafarer death benefit claims, based on a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Seafarer Disability Benefits: The 120/240-Day Rule on Medical Assessments

A Supreme Court ruling clarifies when a seafarer's disability is deemed permanent and total due to delayed medical assessments by company-designated physicians.

Seafarer’s Illegal Dismissal: Due Process and the Ship’s Logbook in Maritime Cases

The Supreme Court ruled a seafarer’s dismissal illegal for lack of just cause and due process, highlighting the logbook’s evidentiary value.