The Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act of 1927: Half-Way Protection for the Stevedore and the Longshoreman

The law relating to longshoremen’s remedies abounds with surprising anomalies, hyper-technical distinctions, and bits and pieces of judicial legislation. This situation stems largely from deficiencies in the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act of 1927, an inherently inadequate statute greatly distorted by recent judicial interpretation. This Comment undertakes an examination of the act’s most salient shortcomings with a view to suggesting possible guidelines for what is believed to be necessary corrective legislation.