Jones Act Lawyer

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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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 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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