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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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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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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