Jones Act Lawyer

During a boat transfer, Ricci Anderson reached for a handrail to stop himself from falling as the boat he was aboard began to rock. According to the lawsuit filed, the motion involved in grabbing the handrail has left the seaman with serious arm injuries.
Harvey Gulf International Marine and Diamond Offshore Drilling have been named as […]

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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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A Jones Act lawsuit has been filed against American Commercial Barge Line after a former employee claims to have suffered serious injuries while working aboard the M/V Tom Frazier.
Michael Bent, the former employee, claims that when he was checking down the tow, the line he was working on parted and struck him with a great […]

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U.S. United Barge Line faces a Jones Act lawsuit filed by a former employee after he was injured and alleged that his injuries resulted from the the unsafe working conditions of the vessel. During his employment on the M/V Elenore Gordon, Nathan Kohlhaas suffered serious injuries to his right shoulder.
Kohlhaas, who is protected by the […]

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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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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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