---
title: "Map which compensation statute the file might fall under"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/map-statutory-entitlements-under-the-applicable-compensation-scheme/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-T1-R4-US"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Map which compensation statute the file might fall under

> Table the employer named, the place of the injury, and whether the file describes a federal employee or maritime employment. Do not say which statute pays, and write no sentence of a claim.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Table the employer named, the place of the injury, and whether the file describes a federal employee or maritime employment. Do not say which statute pays, and write no sentence of a claim. |
| What the lawyer must review | 5 U.S.C. § 8102 requires the United States to pay compensation for disability or death of an employee from personal injury sustained in the performance of duty, unless the injury or death was caused by willful misconduct, by intent to bring about injury or death, or proximately by intoxication. 33 U.S.C. § 905(a) makes the employer's liability under that chapter exclusive where it applies, with a suit against the employer preserved if compensation is not secured. Subsection (b) allows a vessel-negligence action in the cases it states, and bars it in the shipbuilding, repairing, and breaking cases it states. You decide which statute applies. State workers' compensation was not opened. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Map statutory entitlements under the applicable compensation scheme](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/map-statutory-entitlements-under-the-applicable-compensation-scheme.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Table the employer named, the place of the injury, and whether the file describes a federal employee or maritime employment. Do not say which statute pays, and write no sentence of a claim.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- There is no national motor-accident scheme in the sources opened. Do not describe a state scheme as if it were federal.
- Section 8102(b) is a war-risk and detention rule. It was not used as the ordinary duty test.
- A contractor is treated as the employer of a subcontractor's employees under § 905(a) only if the subcontractor fails to secure compensation.

## Sources

- [5 U.S.C. § 8102, Compensation for disability or death of employee](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/8102) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [33 U.S.C. § 905, Exclusiveness of liability](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/33/905) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Application for review (SAET form A02, Return to Work): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-saet-a02-review.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to SAET form A02, Application for Review (Return to Work), on the start-a-new-case page.… |
| [Application for expedited decision (SAET form A03): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-saet-a03-expedited.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to SAET form A03, Application for Expedited Decision (Return to Work), named on the start-a-new-case page. The page links an online form. That form was not opened.… |
| [Application for suitable employment (SAET form A04): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-saet-a04-suitable-employment.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to SAET form A04, Application for Suitable Employment (Return to Work), named on the start-a-new-case page. The page links an online form. That form was not opened.… |
| [Victorian WorkSafe common law damages: steps on the public page](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/vic-worksafe-common-law-steps.md) | Checklist | Yellow | The steps WorkSafe Victoria publishes for a common law damages application, including the 120-day response and the 21-day and 51-day window after a statutory counter offer.… |
| [Application for payment of wages (SAET form A06): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-saet-a06-wages.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to SAET form A06, Application for payment of wages under the Return to Work Act, named on the start-a-new-case page. The page links an online form. That form was not opened.… |
| [Application for mediation (NT WorkSafe): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nt-wc-mediation.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the NT WorkSafe application for mediation under the Return to Work Act 1986. The form page gives no form number.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*