When you have been injured while working overseas, you have a right to choose your own physician once you have returned to the United States, no matter what your employer, or your employer’s insurance company, says to the contrary. You do not have to use an employer provided doctor, nor is your choice of doctor limited to a list of …
Injured Overseas? Steps to Take After You are Hurt
No one accepts an overseas contract or employment position with the intent of becoming injured on the job. But injuries while working abroad happen to many Americans each year. It can be a scary situation, to be hurt and unable to work while being so far from home. While each injury sustained by an American overseas is a unique situation, …
The Basics: Average Weekly Wages Under Defense Base Act
Compensation for a worker’s injury under the Defense Base Act (DBA) is based on the worker’s Average Weekly Wage (AWW). Calculating a worker’s AWW can sometimes be complicated under the DBA because there are multiple ways to make the AWW determination based on how the worker conducts his or her work and what type or injury was sustained by the …
Understanding Extent of Disability in Defense Base Act Cases
Civilian employees and private military contractors who are injured while working overseas can obtain compensation for their injuries under the Defense Base Act (DBA). The DBA is an extension of the federal laws codified in the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, which provides workers’ compensation for injured longshoremen and harbor workers. The DBA specifically extends compensation benefits to those …
January DBA Newsletter
HOW YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU By David C. Barnett, Esq. and Samuel S. Frankel, Jr., Esq. During the past few years we have noticed that insurance carriers and their attorneys are looking at injured workers’ various social media accounts, such as Facebook, as a way to defend a case. Oftentimes, the insurance carriers and their …