Jones Act Lawyer

Kevin Salsman and Elroy Boutte recently filed a personal injury suit in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas Beaumont Division after the boat they were working on crashed into a jetty earlier in January. The suit claims that the boat’s captain, who was named as John Doe in the suit, negligently steered the […]

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A boiler explosion aboard the SS Norway which killed 8 crew members and injured 17 in 2003 has been determined to be due to the improper maintenance and inspection of the ship’s team chamber. The SS Norway was Norwegian Cruise Line’s only steam-powered ship, and was once the world’s largest passenger ship. It was docked […]

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Using the Jones Act, Alton Adams is suing his employer after suffering injuries on the job. Pride Offshore Inc. and Mariner Energy Inc. are liable for his injuries after he was asked to repair a valve on the vessel. According to Adams, he was placed in an unsafe position in order to repair the valve. The valve’s […]

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David Hodges has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against his employer, Hoosier Marine. His injuries occured when he fell from a 15 foot pile of cover tops that were on the barge. Hodges claims that his employers were negligent and failed to provide him a safe place to work. He also blames them for not […]

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A Jones Act lawsuit has been filed by a barge worker who was injured after slipping on a deck of the barge that she was working on. Debra Jackman is seeking compensation from her employer, American Commercial Barge Line, for the injuries that she sustained after falling on the slippery barge deck.
The Jones Act protects […]

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A deckhand on the MV Wendy, Ken Wallace claims to have sustained injuries after being struck by a wire shackle. The Jones Act protects seamen who have been injured while working at sea. Wallace has envoked the Jones Act after the negligence of his employer caused him serious injury. The American Commerical Barge Line us […]

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Christopher Munoz, a barge deckhand for the Ingram Barge Company, has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against his employer. He sustained a foot and ankle injury while working on the MV Robi M. Ingram.
Munoz claims that the Ingram Barge Company failed to properly provide a safe working environment and did not warn him of the […]

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James Boozer, a barge deckhand for the American River Transportation Company, has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against his employer after he was seriously injured on the job. While working aboard the MV Starfire, Boozer sustained serious injury to his heel, pelvis and arm. He now seeks over $100,000 in damages in order to compensate […]

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