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Comment:

Donald S. Morton, The Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Coverage After the 1972 Amendments, 55 TEXAS L. REV. 99 (1976).

The 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act changed the coverage provisions of the Act.  Commentators, the Department of Labor, and the courts have offered differing interpretations of the amended coverage provisions.  This comment examines the inadequacies of these interpretations and proposes a new interpretation that more accurately reflects Congress' reasons for amending the coverage provisions.