Jones Act Lawyer

A crane operator who was loading a commercial ship in Houston was killed when the load he was currently placing in the ship’s cargo hold fell and crushed him.
The crane operator was loading a large load onto the ship when the front portion of the crane snapped which sent the load crashing to the ground. The […]

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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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The Jones Act has traditionally been a law that’s been used by those who were injured while working at sea. It served as a unifying standard for sea-faring workers in many ways, and this law has been a centerpiece for workers’ rights for decades.

However, according to an article that appears on MarineLog.com, it […]

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In an interesting application of FELA that should help injured railroad workers understand the scope of protection that this law provides, a Nebraska man was awarded $942,000 in damages after being injured at a hotel where he was staying for his job with Union Pacific, according to a report published by the North Platte Bulletin. […]

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Usually there is a statute of limitations when filing a claim that involves an injury.  But there are sometime exceptions to the rule.  This is the case with sea workers who develop asbestos-related diseases a long time after they stopped working out at sea.
People who have been exposed to asbestos do not show signs of […]

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Working on a vessel can be quite precarious.  Just this week, a North Sea oil rig in London had to be partially evacuated because a fire broke out in the engine room.  Fortunately, no one was injured of the 87 people onboard.  The oil rig, operated by a United States drilling company named Diamond Offshore, […]

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On May 14, 2007, the Associate Press reported a cruise ship carrying 206 passengers and 75 crew members hit a charted reef charted reef.  The accident occurred 50 miles southwest of Juneau, Alaska.  The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the grounding of the riverboat-style cruise ship.  Luckily nobody was seriously injured, although one person […]

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