Sentences with phrase «on navigable waters»

But if an accident happens on navigable waters, and the plaintiff brings a claim under federal maritime law, a Louisiana jury can award punitive damages, and Louisiana courts then must decide the full...

«When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act, negligence, default, or breach of contract or warranty of any person, including those occurring on navigable waters, and the event would have entitled the person injured to maintain an action and recover damages if death had not ensued, the person or watercraft that would have been liable in damages if death had not ensued shall be liable for damages as specified in this act notwithstanding the death of the person injured, although death was caused under circumstances constituting a felony.»

Longshore and Harbor Workers» Compensation Act is designed to provide lost wage compensation as well as medical benefits to employees who suffered injuries while performing work either on navigable waters or surrounding areas, including but not limited to piers, terminals, docks and boat yards.

The Longshore and Harbor Workers» Compensation Act provides coverage for employees engaged in maritime work who are injured on navigable waters of the U.S. or in adjoining areas customarily used in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel.

Admiralty and maritime law applies to offshore disputes caused by factual scenarios that occur on navigable waters such as:

His clients claimed he should have pursued an admiralty case because the accident took place on navigable waters and generally do not recognize governmental immunity.

Maritime law, also known as admiralty law, governs how a vessel should behave while out in open sea and handles legal disputes arising on navigable waters or bodies of water used for interstate or international commerce.

If you, or a friend or loved one has been seriously injured in a work related accident on the navigable waters of the U.S., we are here to help with your claim.

Anyone who works on navigable water and contributes to the work of vessel for at least 30 % of their work time in navigable water are usually protected under The Jones Act.

Not exact matches

For example, this government has slashed laws on environmental assessments, fisheries and protection of navigable waters (see examples below).

Agricultural practices conducted on farmland shall not violate the public policy of Erie county if such agricultural practices are: (i) reasonable and necessary to the particular farm or farm operation; (ii) conducted in a manner which is not negligent or reckless; (iii) conducted in conformity with generally accepted agricultural practices; (iv) conducted in conformity with all local, state and federal laws, ordinances and regulations; (v) conducted in a manner which does not constitute a threat to public health and safety or cause injury to health and safety of any person; and (vi) conducted in a manner which does not unreasonably obstruct the free passage or use of navigable waters or public roadways.

It amends an existing law that lets the state Department of Environmental Conservation work with the Department of State and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to set «conditions for petroleum - bearing vessels to enter or move upon navigable waters of the state, as well as «tanker avoidance zones»» on the lower Hudson River.

Law gives the U.S. government the power to control and regulate all navigable waters, but is vague on what other waterways the EPA is empowered to regulate.

This lake, located in the Andes Mountains on the border between Peru and Bolivia, is the world's highest navigable body of water.

A fairway is not only on a golf course; it also refers to a navigable deep - water channel.

Leading ice experts in Europe and the United States for the first time have agreed that a ring of navigable waters has opened all around the fringes of the cap of sea ice drifting on the warming Arctic Ocean.

I've always been fascinated by the thought of early seafarers such as Frobisher, Davis etc in the 16th c, in ungainly, vulnerable, wooden ships that could not go an inch to windward whereby on average, 50 % of the navigable water was denied them, poking about the arctic with a view to navigating through to the East Indies.

«UNITED STATES SENATE REPORT: From Preventing Pollution of Navigable and Interstate Waters to Regulating Farm Fields, Puddles and Dry Land: A Senate Report on the Expansion of Jurisdiction Claimed by the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act» (PDF), United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, September 20, 2016.

Some considerations include the amount of time spent on the vessel in navigable waters (those who spend less than 30 percent of their time at sea aren't eligible).

NAR and others supported the Supreme Court decisions to reject federal agency attempts to assert jurisdiction beyond navigable waters to all waters based on theories like the presence of migratory birds.