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57 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 605 (2022)
The Unrepresented Class: Why the Ninety-Nine Percent Are Losing the War for Workers' Compensation

handle is hein.journals/ttip57 and id is 588 raw text is: THE UNREPRESENTED CLASS: WHY THE NINETY-NINE PERCENT ARE LOSING THE WAR FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION Benjamin Douglas* In tro duction .............................................................................................606 I. Historical and Conceptual Overview ..........................................609 II. The Longshore Act and Its Important Features ........................613 A. Foregoing the Right to Sue ..................................................613 B . M edical Treatm ent................................................................614 C. Partial W age Replacem ent....................................................615 D . Valuing Life and Lim b..........................................................615 E. Permanent Wage Loss ..........................................................616 F. Death Benefits.......................................................................618 G. The Role of Attorneys ..........................................................619 III. Workers' Demands and the Grand Bargain................................620 IV. The Erosion of Workers' Compensation....................................624 V. Private Benefits and the Fragmented Welfare State ..................630 A. Private Benefits and Labor ...................................................631 B. Attorneys Versus Workers' Representatives.........................634 C. Attorneys as Political Actors .................................................637 D. Federalism.............................................................................639 VI. Accounts from the States .............................................................641 A . W est V irginia.........................................................................642 B. California ..............................................................................650 C. Oklahoma ..............................................................................662 Conclusion: How to Move Forward .......................................................669 *BA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006; J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2010. Partner Ashcraft & Gerel, Washington, D.C. I would like to thank Emily Spiele; John Douglas, Bob Burke, Brad Chalk, Todd Dickey, Dave Torrey, and Elliot Schreur for help in research, editing, and writing. 605

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