Roberts v. Sea-Land Services
Holding
An employee is "newly awarded compensation" for purposes of the Longshore and Harbor Workers" Compensation Act when he first be"comes disabled and thereby becomes statutorily entitled to benefits, no matter whether, or when, a compensation order issues on his be"half.
Judgment
Affirmed, 8-1, in an opinion by Sonia Sotomayor on Mar 20, 2012. Justice Ginsburg filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
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Recommended Citation: Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/roberts-v-sea-land-services/