33 USC § 920 - Presumptions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s920"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 920 - Presumptions"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "920"
section_name: "Presumptions"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 20, 44 Stat. 1436.)"
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# § 920. Presumptions

In any proceeding for the enforcement of a claim for compensation under this chapter it shall be presumed, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary—

**(a)** That the claim comes within the provisions of this chapter.

**(b)** That sufficient notice of such claim has been given.

**(c)** That the injury was not occasioned solely by the intoxication of the injured employee.

**(d)** That the injury was not occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to injure or kill himself or another.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 20, 44 Stat. 1436.)