Sentences with phrase «injured seamen»

We have a proven record of helping injured seamen, fishermen, tugboat workers and maritime employees obtain compensation.

This law provides additional remedies for injured seamen and their family members.

The Jones Act (originally called the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 and sometimes referred to as the Death on the High Seas Act) provides injured seamen with the right to bring legal action against the employer for damages resulting from his or her injuries on the vessel.

To recover compensation, the Act allows injured seamen to bring legal action against employers or ship owners based on claims of negligence or unseaworthiness.

These processes can be difficult under any circumstance, so it's advised that injured seamen seek counsel with a qualified attorney.

The Jones Act is a federal statute that provides a cause of action for injured seaman and offshore workers.

Under the Jones Act, an injured seaman must prove that negligence of the vessel owner, master, crewmember, employer, or otherwise unsafe conditions caused or contributed to his or her injury.

A maritime employer has an absolute duty to provide maintenance and cure benefits to a sick or injured seaman.

Maintenance benefits are intended to provide for the injured seaman's reasonable room and board while ashore.

In an injured seaman's suit against the owner of a commercial fishing vessel, a Gloucester County Circuit Court excludes plaintiff's expert because defendant had no duty under maritime law to perform a «job hazard analysis» on vessel - to - vessel ingress and egress,...

Not exact matches

When David Seaman saved an Aston Villa penalty and then Robert Pires lobbed him and then Robert Pires injured his cruciate against Newcastle and you thought «Oh shit», but this was a team that could live with one its best players missing games so they went to Old Trafford and «WILTOOOOOOOOOOOORD «and won the title.

Each year, thousands of seamen, dockworkers, commercial fisherman and oil / gas rig employees are seriously injured or even fatally wounded off the coast of the United States.

The Jones Act, also known as the Merchant Marine Act, allows seamen to file claims against their employers if they feel they have been injured due to negligence while working offshore.

Seamen injured on the job are not entitled to file workers» compensation claims.

Each year, thousands of seamen are seriously injured and killed off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.

These benefits are owed to any seaman who is injured or becomes ill while in service to a vessel, regardless of fault.

The Jones Act is a federal legislation that protects American seamen, who get injured or become sick while performing their duties.

Every seaman who becomes sick or injured during the course of his employment, regardless of fault of his employer, crewmembers, or the owner or operator of the vessel, is entitled to his maintenance and cure.

The Jones Act protects seamen who are injured on the job.

The Jones Act protects sailors and other seamen who become injured while completing their job duties.

If you are a seaman, you must have been injured under these circumstances:

We represent seamen injured or taken ill aboard fishing vessels, fish processors, crab boats, tug boats, ships, ferry boats, derricks, barges, dredges, and all other types of vessels, including aircrafts at sea and offshore oil rigs.