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SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC. v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. S042327.

14 Cal.4th 76 (1996)

SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and CHRIS A. LOPEZ, Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

December 2, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank B. Hugg, Jeanne M. Bates and Wendy B. Moseley for Petitioners.

Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason, Roy D. Axelrod, Margaret C. Bell and Samantha M. Paynter as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Boxer, Elkind & Gerson and Michael G. Gerson for Respondents.

William A. Herreras and Patrick O'Shaughnessy as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.

When a maritime employee suffers an industrial injury that falls within the concurrent jurisdiction of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) (33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.) and the California Workers' Compensation Act (Lab. Code, § 3200 et seq.),1 must the total amount of disability benefits paid to the employee under the LHWCA be credited against the total amount...

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