Jones Act Lawyer

The Illinois Appellate Court has reversed two judgment orders given by Judge Phillip Kardis of Madison county. The new ruling states that the workers of the Alton Belle Casino are considered ’seamen’ and have the right to sue under the Jones Act.
The initial ruling denied Angela Booten and Craig Willeford, workers on the Alton Belle, […]

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Two casino employees have filed Jones Act lawsuits against their employer, Casino Queen. The employees claim that their employer has failed to provide them a safe place to work.
One of the workers, Jacob Strangle, claims to have suffered severe injuries while working on the ship. He claims that Casino Queen failed to provide the needed […]

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Jacob Robichaux settled his Jones Act lawsuit against the Midnight Rider vessel, Cal Dive International, Mariner Energy Inc, and Helix Energy Solutions Group.
While working on the Midnight Rider, Robichaux claims he suffered injuries to his back, neck, and mind. He claims that the Midnight Rider was not seaworthy and the negligent acts of his employers […]

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Sylvester Maye was aboard the M/V Galveston Bay when it capsized. He was thrown from the boat during the event and sustained several serious injuries as a result. His employer, Omega Protein, Inc., is being sued using the Jones Act. According to Maye, Omega was negligent in maintaining the vessel and not properly training their […]

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Jose Rodriguez, an employee of Cuevas & Martinez Inc., suffered an anxiety attack after returning from shrimping run and was found dead the next day.
Rodriguez’s family has filed the suit, claiming that if Jose had been given the proper equipement, he would be alive today. They are seeking over $75,000 for Jose’s death citing the […]

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Maceo Carter, a Jones Act seaman, suffered severe burns over the entirety of his face when an engine pump dangerously exploded aboard the Chesapeake Bay, a vessel owned and operated by Omega Protein Corp. At the time of the explosion, Carter was working in the course and scope of his employment aboard the vessel.
Carter alleges […]

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On October 15, 2007, seaman, Hector Mendoza, invoked his statutory rights under the Jones Act in filing suit against his employer for personal injuries he sustained in the course and scope of his employment aboard the vessel, Quoc Thai III. Mendoza’s personal injury suit was brought in the Jefferson County Texas District Court.
Quoc Thai III, […]

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Deckhand and Jones Act employee, Jesus Chapa filed suit against his employers Pacific Horizon and Horizon Offshore under the Jones Act and general maritime law for injuries he sustained in the course and scope of his employment.
Specifically, during egress, the vessel was negligently operated such that Chapa was sent falling from the deck onto a […]

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In the course and scope of his employment, welder Carlos Guzman was required to perform dangerous and unsafe tasks at the direction of his Jones Act employers, CBH Services, Inc. and Horizon Offshore Contractors, Inc. aboard the vessel “The Atlantic,” owned and operated by Horizon.
At the time of the incident made basis of the suit, […]

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Steve Sanders, a Jones Act employee, brought suit in Jefferson County District Court on October 22, 2007, for injuries he sustained while working aboard the Marine Fueling Vessel CBC 88, a barge owned and operated by his employer, Marine Fueling Services Inc.
On one of his first days on the job, Sanders was asked to perform […]

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