Jones Act Lawyer

Harrah’s Metropolis Riverboat Casino is being used by an employee who has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against them. Shirley Faulkner, a housekeeper on the casino, is seeking $150,000 in damages after being injured while working on the casino. She is also seeking $40 per day for maintenace and cure.
While working on Harrah’s, Faulkner claims […]

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National Maintenance and Repair Inc., is being sued by an employer who claims to have been injured while working aboard their barge. While fitting a gunwhale on the barge, Matthew Peters was injured and is now seeking damages in excess of $50,000.
He claims that National Maintenance was negligent and failed to provide him a safe […]

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Charles O. Carlisle is suing his employer, National Maintenance & Repair for damages of $100,000. He sustained injuries while fashioning bulkheads into the hold of the barge. At the time of his injury he was a supervisor and crew member of the vessel.
He claims that National was negligent and failed to maintain a safe working […]

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F. Miller Construction and Orion Marine Group are being sued for negligence for failing to provide a safe working environment. Elton Moore, an employee of the two companies, injured his neck while he was trying to load a cement saw into a trailer.
While working to help build a bridge, Moore sustained injuries to his neck, back, […]

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A former crew member of Ocean Champion, is suing in a Jones Act lawsuit. David Seals, the injured worker, claims the negligence of Diamond Offshore Co., his former employer. Seals was injured back in 2006 and is now seeking damages in the excess of $75,000.
The Jones Act was enacted to protect the rights of seamen […]

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Steve Cancel, who has worked as a seaman for over 25 years, developed lymphoma due to the benzene he was exposed to while working on a vessel. He is suing his employer Seacor Holdings, Inc., Seacor Marine and Seabulk Tankers. Cancel cites the Jones Act in the lawsuit, which was created to protect seamen’s rights […]

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A man who was unloading cargo fell off of a pickup truck and suffered injuries while working aboard a vessel. He is now preparing to sue his employers under the Jones Act. The Jones Act was designed to give seamen who sustain personal injuries in the course of employment the right to sue their employers […]

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Eric Lozano is suing his employer King Fisher Marine Service after being injured on the job. According to Lozano, he tripped and fell on some trash that was left around the vessel. He landed on his back, injuring his shoulder and back. He is seeking damages in the amount of $1.5 million.
Lozano’s injuries to his […]

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Kirby and Janet Jones filed a Jones Act lawsuit against DuPont Chemical Solution Enterprise and Ingram Barge Company after Kirby was injured at work. Kirby was unloading Methyl Methacrylate from a river barge with co-worker Bob Burns when he was thrown from his position and injured his back.
According to Jones, he was instructed to use a […]

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 Judge Daniel J Stack ruled that a barge that cannot move is not considered a vessel and therefore not liable under the Jones Act for injured workers.
Sarah Culli had filed a lawsuit against Agrosy Gaming’s casino Spirit Barge, seeking damages for injuries that she sustained while working as a housekeeper on the barge. She claims […]

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