| Dec 28 |
Archive for the 'Jones Act' CategoryWhy do you need a Jones Act lawyer after a maritime injury?Perhaps you or a loved one is employed as a sailor, seaman, maritime worker, marine worker or offshore worker, and perhaps such work on water has led to an accident injury. If so, it’s vital that you engage a maritime attorney or Jones Act lawyer to help you get the financial compensation you deserve — and to which you are legally entitled. (more…) |
| Nov 29 |
Archive for the 'Jones Act' CategoryOffshore workers to be trained at NASA facility in HoustonNow that offshore drilling has resumed in earnest in the Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster off the coast of Louisiana, energy companies are actively seeking new workers for such rigs and are trying to train them by various means.
One new training strategy is to use the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory located near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The 40-foot deep and 200-foot long pool has been used for 15 years by NASA to train astronauts by simulating the absence of gravity in space. NASA now has less use for the facility with the end of the space shuttle program, so it’s contracting with energy companies who want to use it to train workers in offshore survival. (more…) |
| Sep 12 |
Archive for the 'Jones Act' CategoryMissing offshore oil workers found in GulfRescuers have found seven of the 10 offshore oil workers wh Two bodies also were found, but they have not been identified. A search for the remaining missing men continued. The 10 offshore workers used a small escape life raft to evacuate the liftboat, or jack-up rig, in the Bay of Campeche Thursday. Mexican state-run oil company Pemex and the Mexican navy began a search, which Sunday yielded the discovery of seven workers 51 miles from shore. |
o evacuated a liftboat in the southern | Jun 27 |
Archive for the 'Jones Act' CategoryDespite Deepwater Horizon wakeup call, feds asleep on easing offshore accident risks
Well, not entirely by themselves. They also can engage an experienced Jones Act lawyer from Jim S. Adler & Associates to press their case for financial compensation. Also known as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, the Jones Act provides protections for injured seamen, sailors and maritime workers, including those on mobile offshore rigs and platforms. |
You’d think last year’s Deepwater Horizon explosion of a mobile offshore drilling unit would have sparked Washington to fix such problems. But in many cases, offshore dangers persist as “business as usual.” That leaves maritime workers who risk their lives to fend for themselves if endangered by an accident on the high seas.| Jan 07 |
Archive for the 'Jones Act' CategoryInjured seamen should keep up with the Jones Act, not Workers Compensation
Indeed, settlements for injured seamen under the Jones Act can be much larger than sums paid under Workers Comp. Laws on the latter vary from state to state, but largely Workers Comp covers only disability payments, medical costs and lost wages for injured seamen. Often paid through an employer’s Workers Comp insurance policy, such payments are limited and are designed to help a seaman get back on his feet and then return to his job. |
Seamen on American waters perform difficult, physically taxing jobs which deserve respect. When they’re injured, such seamen have a special protection known as the Jones Act. Seamen also may seek financial recovery via Workers Compensation, or Workers Comp, but recovery through the Jones Act can be a far better strategy.