Jones Act Lawyer

A judge’s ruling in favor of an Indiana woman’s Jones Act lawsuit is being appealed by her former employer. Tina Conder, a former employee of Caesars Indiana, successfully sued the company in 2005, alleging that she suffered health problems as a result of flea bites sustained during her employment as a dealer on one of […]

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A barge worker employed by H.B. Ventures was crushed between two pieces of heavy equipment earlier this month, and died of his injuries not long after. Kelly Patrick Bennett, died late Saturday night at Ochsner Medical Center West Bank. He had been working on a docked barge at the United Bulk Terminal when the accident […]

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A Jones Act lawsuit was filed against Matt Canestrale Contracting, Inc. by the widow of a former employee who died in an accident in early 2007. Diane M. Martin, the widow of Blaine E. Martin Jr., claims in her suit that her husband slipped and fell as a result of ice on an empty barge, […]

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Joshua Parker, a barge worker on the Mississippi, has sued employer Teco Barge Line, alleging that he suffered serious and permanent hip injuries while working in March of 2006. Parker, who is seeking a judgment in excess of $100,000, claims that Teco Barge Line was negligent in failing to provide him with safe equipment, sufficient […]

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