Jones Act Lawyer

Warren B. Barney Jr. has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against his employer, claiming that he suffered a back injury while working aboard the Overseas Shipping Group owned OSG Intrepid.
According to the lawsuit, Barney Jr., a Las Vegas resident, claims that the OSG Intrepid was unseaworthy and that his employer is responsible for his injury. […]

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While working aboard the M/V Ms Mary, Louisiana resident and seaman Clint Guidry was seriously injured. According to Guidry, he suffered “serious and permanent injuries” during his time aboard the vessel. He has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against four defendants, including C&G Boats, Inc., MNM Boats, Inc., C&G Marine Service Inc., and Freeport-McMoran Energy […]

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Gary Sheppard, a former Aramark Corporation and Noble Drilling Corporation employee, is claiming that he sustained serious injuries due to poor lighting and has recently filed a Jones Act lawsuit to recover the damages he has experienced.
Sheppard tripped and fell while serving aboard a ship stationed in the Gulf Coast. Sheppard and other sea workers […]

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John R. McGee, a merchant mariner, has recently filed a lawsuit against Kirby Inland Marine for injuries that he sustained two years back while working aboard one of the company’s ships.
During his time as a tankerman on the Creole Dee, McGee claims that the vessel was unseaworthy, leading directly to his injuries. Although the suit […]

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Bo-Mac Contractors has been named as the defendant in a Jones Act Lawsuit that was recently filed by an employee of the company. Daniel Bartee filed the lawsuit after sustaining serious injuries while working aboard a Bo-Mac barge, which was operating on the Mississippi River.
Bartee claims to have sustained serious injuries to his heart, lungs, […]

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David Dinnes is the former employee of many vessels during his 20 year career as a seaman. During those years, Dinnes says that he was exposed to benezene and many products that contained benezene, which he now claims is the cause of his development of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Dinnes has filed a Jones Act Lawsuit against 18 of […]

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Crowley Marine Service Inc. is facing a Jones Act lawsuit filed by an employee who suffered a severe shoulder injury while on the job. William Travis, the Crowley Marine Service employee, claims that his painful shoulder injury was caused by the negligence of his employer.
While the lawsuit does not describe how the negligence led to […]

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 Matteson Marine Service is facing allegations of failure to provide a safe working environment. The Jones Act lawsuit was filed by a former employee, Bruce Congdon, who claims to have suffered injuries due to the neglience of his employer.
Congdon claims that his injuries, caused in August 2007, were the result of his employer’s negligent actions […]

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A security guard working at Argosy’s Alton Belle Casino has filed a Jones Act lawsuit against the company. Doris Viviano, a former employee of Argosy, claims that she was injured on the job due to the employer’s inability to comply with Jones Act requirements. More specifically, she claims that she became very sick after injuring […]

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Osage Marine Services has recently been named as the defendant in a Jones Act lawsuit filed by a former employee of the Illinois River barge, M/V Miss Mary Ann. Tracy Fansheir, a deckhand on the M/V Miss Mary Anne, claims that he sustained back injuries while working on the barge in mid-January.
Fansheir claims that Osage […]

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