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If I File a Maritime Injury Claim, Will I Have Trouble Finding Another Maritime Job?

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Working in the maritime industry can be rewarding, yet there are risks of accidents and injuries. However, being injured on the job does allow you specific rights

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Can You File a Claim if You Are at Fault for Your Own Maritime Injury?

Posted in Maritime Injury

If you sustained a maritime injury, determining fault is a complex legal process. Maritime, or maintenance and cure, attorneys can help you pursue a claim for compensation

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What Is Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI)?

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When an employee is injured at work and receives medical care that is covered by workers’ compensation benefits or maintenance and cure, at some point they will

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Can I Be Fired for Filing a Jones Act Lawsuit?

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Seamen have specific Jones Act protections should they be injured while in the service of a vessel and on duty working. Part of these protections entitles them

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What Is “Maintenance” Under Maintenance and Cure?

Posted in Maritime

If you work in the maritime industry, you have probably heard the terms maintenance and cure at some point. These two terms refer to maritime workers’ compensation

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What Is Considered a Vessel Under the Jones Act?

Posted in Jones Act

If you or a family member was injured while working on a boat, barge, or drilling platform, the Jones Act might provide a path to compensation for

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New Maritime Worker? Do You Know What Admiralty Law Is?

Posted in Maritime, Maritime Admiralty Law

All new maritime workers need to know what admiralty law is and how it can protect them should they be injured while performing the duties of their

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6 Benefits of Hiring a Maritime Injury Attorney

Posted in Maritime, Maritime Injury

Many people are injured working on boats, docks, oil rigs, and drilling platforms each year. Many of these individuals wonder if they can work with a local

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Working in the maritime industry can be rewarding, yet there are risks of accidents and injuries. However, being injured on the job does allow you specific rights