A traumatic brain injury from a dropped object isn't valued the way a surgical back injury from a slip-and-fall is. The medicine is different, the defense playbook is different, the case value is different. Find your injury below — and read the specific guide written for it.
Dropped objects, falls from height, concussions often initially dismissed as "minor." Highest case values in maritime law — and the most commonly under-diagnosed at time of injury.
Lifting injuries, slip-and-falls, jolts and impacts on working vessels. The most common category of maritime injury — and one companies work hardest to downplay.
Pipe handling, winch and line incidents, equipment failures. Catastrophic injuries with the highest case values in the space, and the clearest unseaworthiness claims.
Rotator cuff tears, labrum damage, dislocations. Extremely common on working vessels — and often career-ending for deckhands, riggers, and anyone who works with their hands over their head.
Hydrogen sulfide, drilling mud, solvents, fuel fires, steam burns. Particularly common in offshore oil & gas. Often involve long-tail medical complications and cancer claims years later.
Engine-room workers, pumpmen, machinery operators. Often dismissed as a normal part of the work. Not normal, not unavoidable, and compensable under the Jones Act.
The Death on the High Seas Act, Jones Act survival claims, and the specific legal regime that applies when a seaman is killed on the job. Separate body of law, different remedies.
Eye injuries, electrical shock, drowning and near-drowning, hypothermia, heart attacks on duty, repetitive strain injuries. All compensable under the Jones Act. All covered by our practice.
If you got hurt on or around a working vessel, the Jones Act applies — whether or not we've written a guide for your specific injury yet. Free case review, confidential, callback in one business day.
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