Air America, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, and Joseph F. Kerch

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Congress has expressly designated the ALJ as the fact finder in compensation procedures under the Act, restricting the Board’s powers of review to a substantial evidence standard.”
• permanent disability is “lasting or indefinite” and need not be “eternal or everlasting”
• burden shifts only when “claimant’s inability to work seems probable, in light of claimant’s physical condition and other circumstances — such as claimant’s age, education, and work experience”
• “To be considered permanent, a disability need not be eternal or everlasting.”
• “To be considered permanent, a disability need not be eternal or everlasting.”
• “To be considered permanent, a disability need not be eternal or everlasting.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).