As an offshore worker on The Gulf Coast, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, you are entitled to full compensation for your workplace injuries under U.S. maritime law.
When you hire The Maritime Injury Law Firm, based in New Orleans, we understand the pressures that you face after an offshore work injury. With 20 years of experience under our belt getting justice for clients injured offshore throughout the Gulf Coast, we’re here to help you get the same.
Many workers injured offshore don’t know that they fall under a special classification under the law — one that has more protections than any other worker in the U.S. Seamen, or workers who spend a significant amount of time working as a crew member or captain on a ship or boat in navigation, are considered wards of the courts.
The Jones Act protects the rights of crewmen injured or taken ill in the course of their employment by requiring employers to provide safe working conditions and allowing offshore workers to sue their employer or the boat owner for damages when those conditions are not met.
These illnesses could include:
If you are injured, fill out an injury report and make sure it describes any and all factors creating an unsafe workplace – Do what you can to document what happened as close to the time the accident happened as possible honestly and completely.
Examples: darkness, slipperiness, negligence of a co-worker, insufficient or defective equipment, insufficient manpower, unsafe procedures, or anything else).
Often, soon after an injury, the employer’s insurance representative or claims agent will try to get a signed or recorded telephone statement from you. Since they represent your employer, that is where their allegiance usually lies.
Talking to an insurance representative, adjuster or claims agent without first getting legal advice from an experienced maritime lawyer can hurt your case.
With 20 years of experience with maritime injury cases throughout Louisiana, We know the pressures placed upon crewmembers to work through injuries and illnesses — and how companies try to downplay those injuries and illnesses to trick workers into taking lowball settlements.
At The Maritime Injury Law Firm, we don’t just look at your current losses. We assess the future losses that you could sustain due to the long term effects of what you’re going through and help to make sure you still get the money you would have earned had you not been injured on the job.
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