American Samoa § 32.0501 - Short title.

§ 32.0501. Short title.

This chapter and Chapter 32.06 may be cited as the “Workmen’s Compensation Act”. Case Notes: American Samoa’s Workmen’s Compensation Act does not explicitly provide for a right of subrogation where an employee receives compensation without a formal award and then recovers from a third party; however, an employer has an equitable right of subrogation and is entitled to be reimbursed from an employee’s net recovery, whether by judgment or settlement, from a third party. A.S.C.A. §§ 32.0501 et seq. Vaeao v. Samoa Air, 20 A.S.R.2d 37 (1991). American Samoa’s Workmen’s Compensation Act is similar to and appears to have been based on the federal Longshoremen and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq.; A.S.C.A. §§ 32.0501 et seq. Harris v. Commissioner of the American Samoa Government Workmen’s Compensation Commission, 24 A.S.R.2d 158 (1993). American Samoa’s Workmen’s Compensation Act was essentially modeled on the federal Longshoremen and Harbor Workers Compensation Act. 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq.; A.S.C.A. §§ 32.0501 et seq. Vaeao v. Samoa Air, 20 A.S.R.2d 37 (1991). American Samoa’s Workmen’s Compensation Act seems to have been drawn largely from the federal Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 33 U.S.C. § 933; A.S.C.A. §§ 32.0501 et seq. Patau v. Rosendahl Corp., 19 A.S.R.2d 80 (1991).