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The Jones Act – Laws & Statutes for the Maritime Work
 
TITLE 46. APPENDIX. SHIPPING
CHAPTER 18. MERCHANT SEAMEN
PROTECTION AND RELIEF
 Statute: 46 USCS Appx § 688 (2002)
 

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46 USCS § 688. Recovery for injury to or death of seaman

(a) Application of railway employee statutes; jurisdiction. Any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right or remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees shall apply; and in case of the death of any seaman as a result of any such personal injury the personal representative of such seaman may maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States conferring or regulating the right of action for death in the case of railway employees shall be applicable. Jurisdiction in such actions shall be under the court of the district in which the defendant employer resides or in which his principal office is located.

(b) Limitation for certain aliens; applicability in lieu of other remedy.

(1) No action may be maintained under subsection (a) or under any other maritime law of the United States for maintenance and cure or for damages for the injury or death of a person who was not a citizen or permanent resident alien of the United States at the time of the incident giving rise to the action, if the incident occurred--

(A) while that person was in the employ of an enterprise engaged in the exploration, development, or production of offshore mineral or energy resources--including but not limited to drilling, mapping, surveying, diving, pipelaying, maintaining, repairing, constructing, or transporting supplies, equipment or personnel, but not including transporting those resources by a vessel constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil in bulk in the cargo spaces; and

(B) in the territorial waters or waters overlaying the continental shelf of a nation other than the United States, its territories, or possessions. As used in this paragraph, the term "continental shelf" has the meaning stated in Article I of the 1958 Convention on the Continental Shelf.

(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not be applicable if the person bringing the action establishes that no remedy was available to that person--

(A) under the laws of the nation asserting jurisdiction over the area in which the incident occurred; or

(B) under the laws of the nation in which, at the time of the incident, the person for whose injury or death a remedy is sought maintained citizenship or residency

JONES ACT  (THE COMPLETE TEXT WITH ALL SUB-SECTIONS)

I. IN GENERAL

A. General Principles

1. Generally

2. Constitutionality

3. Purpose

4. Scope of coverage

5. --Exclusions

6. Construction

7. --With other laws

B. Relationship to Other Available Remedies

1. Traditional Maritime Remedies

8. Generally

9. Modification of maritime law

10. Maintenance and cure

11. Unseaworthiness

12. --Relationship to negligence action

13. ----Absolute nature of duty of seaworthiness

2. Remedies Provided by Federal Statute

14. Federal Employees' Compensation Act (5 USCS § § 8101 et seq.)

15. Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act (33 USCS § § 901 et seq.)

16. --Status of plaintiff

17. Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 USCS § § 51 et seq.)

18. --Standards of liability

19. --Use of precedent

20. --Suits by survivors

21. Oceanographic Research Vessels Act (46 USCS Appx § § 441 et seq.)

22. Suits in Admiralty Act (46 USCS Appx § § 741 et seq.)

23. Death on the High Seas Act - DOHSA - (46 USCS Appx § § 761 et seq.)

24. --Congressional intent

25. --Alternative or cumulative remedies

26. Other federal laws and treaties

3. Remedies Provided by State or Territorial Law

27. Pre-emption

28. --Supplemental remedies

29. Compensation acts

30. --Effect of prior state action on subsequent federal action

31. ----Effect of recovery in state action

32. --Effect of prior federal action on subsequent state action

33. --Puerto Rico

34. ----Effect of situs of injury; waters of Puerto Rico

35. ------Outside waters of Puerto Rico

36. --Particular circumstances

37. Wrongful death actions

38. --Action against non-employer

39. Miscellaneous

C. Applicability to Foreign Ships, Seamen, and Occurrences

1. In General

40. Generally

41. Congressional intent

42. Factors considered

43. --Substantial contacts

44. --Weighing and balancing of factors

45. --Considerations of comity

46. Procedural considerations

2. Place of Injury

47. Generally

48. American territorial waters

49. American port

50. --Other American contacts present

51. Foreign territorial waters or port

52. --Other American contacts present

53. ----American seaman injured

54. High seas

3. Nationality or Ownership of Vessel

a. In General

55. Law of the flag

b. Foreign Ownership

56. All contacts foreign

57. American agent

58. American business contacts

59. Voyage to or from American port

60. Injury in American port or waters

61. Multiple American contacts present

c. Foreign Flag Vessels Owned or Operated by American Interests

62. Generally

63. American agent

64. American parent corporation

65. American stock ownership in foreign owner

66. --Particular percentage of stock or number of stockholders

67. Other American contacts present

4. Nationality of Seaman

68. Generally

69. American seaman

70. --Other American contacts present

71. Foreign seaman; all contacts foreign

72. --American business contacts

73. --Injury in American port or waters

74. --Voyage to or from American port

75. --Resident of United States

76. --Temporary presence in United States

77. --Presence or residence in United States after injury

78. --American spouse

79. --On American vessel

80. --Multiple American contacts

81. Collective nationalities of crew

5. Other Factors

82. Locus of employment contract and articles

83. --In United States

84. --Foreign locus

85. --Articles and contract signed in different locations

86. Contractual choice of foreign law

87. --All contacts foreign

88. --American ownership

89. --Voyage to or from United States

90. --American business contacts

91. --Other American contacts

92. Origin and destination of voyage

93. --Foreign ports

94. --Foreign round trip touching American port or injury occurring in American port

95. --American ports

96. Base of operations

97. --Foreign

98. --Principal place of business in United States

99. --American revenues

100. --American agent

101. --Other American business contacts

102. Adequacy of foreign remedy

103. --Availability of foreign forum

104. --Effect of pending or previous foreign litigation

105. --Availability of evidence and testimony

106. --Stipulation to post bond and appear in foreign forum

107. ----Particular circumstances

108. Foreign hostilities

109. Hardship

110. Miscellaneous factors

II. PERSONS ENTITLED TO RECOVER

A. Seamen

1. General Principles

a. In General

111. Generally

112. Scope and definition of "seaman"

113. --Construction with Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 USCS § § 901 et seq.)

114. --As question of fact

115. --As question of law

116. "Member of crew" as seaman

117. Effect of prior or future status as seaman

b. Tests for Determining Status as Seaman

118. Generally

119. Aiding in navigation

120. Continuous attachment

121. --Particular circumstances

122. Nature of work

123. --Particular duties

124. Location of work

125. --Working on multiple vessels

126. --Living off vessel

127. Place of injury

128. --On dock or pier

2. Employed on "Vessel in Navigation"

a. In General

129. Generally

130. Navigable waters

131. --Particular waters

132. Effect of presence or absence of regular crew

b. Status of Vessel

133. Vessels at dock or anchor

134. Vessels laid up or removed from navigation

135. Vessels under construction

136. Vessels undergoing repair

137. Seasonal repairs and laying-up

c. Particular Vessels

138. Generally

139. --Question of law or fact

140. --Special purpose structures

141. Barges and scows

142. --Derricks, cranes, and piledrivers

143. Car floats

144. Dredges

145. Drilling platforms

146. --Submersible drilling barges

147. Ferryboats

148. Floating drydocks and related structures

149. Pipe-line laying structures

150. Rafts

151. Small craft

152. Tugboats

153. Miscellaneous

3. Particular Persons as Seamen

154. Aircraft occupants

155. --Helicopter pilots

156. --Fish spotters

157. Barge and scow workers

158. Bridge workers

159. Carpenters

160. Construction workers

161. Cooks, stewards, and other mess personnel

162. Crane or derrick workers

163. Divers

164. Dockbuilders and piledriver crews

165. Dredging crews

166. --Sand and gravel operations

167. --Temporary assignments off dredge

168. --Deckhands

169. Drilling crews

170. --Stationary drilling platform

171. --Roustabouts and roughnecks

172. --Platform tender crews

173. Drydock workers and shipbuilders

174. Engineers

175. Ferryboat crews

176. Fishermen

177. --Effect of sharing catch for wages

178. Independent contractors and employees

179. --Barbers and hairdressers

180. Longshoremen and stevedores

181. --As independent contractors or employees

182. --Injured while on ship or barge

183. --Injured while doing work of seaman

184. Master of vessel

185. Pilots

186. Pleasure boat occupants

187. Radio and telephone operators

188. Railroad workers

189. Repair and maintenance personnel

190. Scientific and technical personnel

191. Shoreside workers

192. Special purpose vessel workers

193. Stowaways

194. Temporary, casual, or part-time workers

195. Tugboat personnel

196. Volunteers

197. Welders

198. Watchmen

199. Miscellaneous

B. Representatives or Beneficiaries of Seamen

200. Generally

201. Personal representatives

202. --Executors or administrators

203. --Procedural considerations

204. Dependency as requisite to recovery

205. Spouse

206. --Estranged or non-supporting seaman

207. --Putative spouse

208. Children

209. --Illegitimate

210. Parents

211. Siblings

212. Fiancees

III. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

A. In General

213. Generally

214. Relationship with other laws

215. Control element

216. Ownership element

217. Multiple employers

218. Prospective employment

219. Borrowed servant rule

220. --Particular circumstances

221. Employees of persons other than shipowner

222. Contractual nature of employment

223. Owner pro hac vice

224. --Particular circumstances

B. Particular Persons or Entities as Employers

225. Agents

226. --For government entity

227. Charterers

228. --Bareboat or demise charter

229. --Time charter

230. Contractors

231. --Particular circumstances

232. Dock owners

233. Fellow servants

234. Government entities--United States

235. --States and state agencies

236. --Municipalities

237. Miscellaneous

C. Injury as Sustained in Course of Employment

238. Generally

239. On high seas

240. On board vessel

241. On dock, wharf, or pier

242. Ashore

243. --Particular circumstances

244. While off-duty on vessel

245. While on shore leave

246. Boarding or leaving vessel

247. --Particular circumstances

248. Commuting to and from vessel

249. --Particular circumstances

250. Pre-employment

251. Miscellaneous

IV. NEGLIGENCE

A. In General

252. Generally

253. Elements

254. Duty to employee

255. --Standard applied

256. --Higher than for ordinary employer

257. --Nondelegable

258. --Limits of duty

259. --Particular circumstances

260. Statutory duties

261. --Causal relation to injury

262. Compliance with custom and general practice

263. Degree of negligence required for liability

264. Causation

265. --Inferences

266. --Particular circumstances

267. Forseeability

268. --Knowledge of infirmity or illness

B. Vicarious Liability

1. In General

269. Generally

270. Fellow servant's negligence

271. --Relationship of 46 USCS Appx § 688 to fellow servant rule

272. --Scope of employment or authority

273. Superior's negligence

274. Independent contractor's negligence

275. --Employees of contractor

2. Particular Acts of Crew

276. Horseplay

277. Operation of equipment

278. --Winches

279. Assisting in leaving vessel

280. Handling of weapon

281. Miscellaneous

C. Circumstances of Injury

1. Assault

a. In General

282. Generally

283. Self-defense

284. Outside scope of employment

285. Within scope of employment

286. Assaults induced by intoxication

287. Employer's knowledge; assailant's violent propensities

288. --Presence of weapons

b. Assaults Among Crew and Officers

289. By other crewmen

290. By officers or superiors on crewmen

291. By crewmen on officers or superiors

2. Improper Management and Supervision

a. In General

292. Instruction or training

293. --Safety equipment

294. Orders and working conditions

295. Warnings

296. Miscellaneous

b. Particular Acts Supervised

297. Keeping lookout

298. Navigation and maneuvering

299. Providing personnel and assistance

300. Rescue

301. --Lifesaving equipment

302. Stowage

303. Miscellaneous

3. Medical Care

304. Generally

305. Failure to provide treatment

306. --Providing medical specialist

307. --Proper sick room

308. Delay in treatment

309. Lack of knowledge of injury or illness

310. Seaman's refusal of treatment

311. Negligence of ship's doctor

312. Negligence of government hospital or doctor

313. Allowing injured or ill seaman to work

314. Treatment for mental condition

315. Miscellaneous

4. Physical Properties of Vessel and Dock

316. Generally

317. --Egress and access to vessel

318. Decks and footing

319. --Food scraps

320. --Grease

321. --Oil

322. Docks and piers

323. Doors

324. Engines and machinery

325. Gangway and gangplank

326. Hatches

327. Hoses

328. Ladders

329. Life-saving devices and procedures

330. Lights

331. --Blackout conditions

332. Lines and rigging

333. Protective and safety equipment

334. --Fire extinguishers

335. --Goggles

336. Quarters

337. Railings

338. Stevedoring equipment

339. Tools

340. --Best tool not required

341. --Simple tool doctrine

342. Walkways and catwalks

343. Miscellaneous

5. Other Circumstances

344. Intoxication

345. War conditions

346. Weather-related injuries

347. Miscellaneous

V. DEFENSES

A. Seaman's Acts or Omissions

1. Contributory and Comparative Negligence

348. Contributory negligence

349. Comparative negligence

350. Reduction of damages

351. Application to state proceedings

352. Seaman's duty and standard of conduct

353. --Considerations of age and experience

354. Employer's violation of safety rules

355. Performance of supervisory functions

356. Obedience to orders

357. Failure to protest, report, or remedy dangerous condition

2. Assumption of Risk

358. Generally

359. Relation to contributory negligence

360. Applicability to longshoremen and other shore personnel

361. Ordinary risks of occupation

362. Unsafe appliances or working conditions

363. --Seaman's choice between safe and unsafe appliances or methods

364. Obeying orders

365. Disobeying orders

3. Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk Under Particular Circumstances

366. Assaults

367. Doors

368. Emergencies

369. Engines and machinery

370. Explosions

371. Fellow servant's negligence

372. Gangways

373. Hatches

374. Intoxication

375. Ladders

376. Lighting

377. Lines and rigging

378. Loading and unloading operations

379. Pre-existing disability of seaman

380. --Particular illnesses

381. Protective devices and safety equipment

382. --Goggles

383. Slippery footing

384. --Obstructed footing

385. Stairs, catwalks, and walkways

386. Tools and equipment

387. Unsafe work methods

388. Miscellaneous

B. Release

389. Generally

390. Relationship with other laws

391. --State laws

392. Construction of release

393. Validity

394. --Mistake, deception, coercion

395. ----As to seaman's condition

396. --Necessity of competent advice

397. --Requirement of disclosure by shipowner or agent

398. --Burden of proving validity

399. Avoidance

400. --Tender of settlement amount

401. Effect of release

402. --Of third parties

403. --By third parties

C. Limitations of Actions

1. Statutory Limitations

404. Applicable limitation period

405. --Applicability of Federal Employer's Liability Act (45 USCS § § 51 et seq.)

406. --Combined causes of action

407. --Effect of state limitation statutes

408. Substantive character of limitation period

409. Commencement of limitation period--illness

410. --Injury

411. --Death

412. --Other

413. Extension or tolling

414. --Hardship and special circumstances

415. --By filing action

416. Effect of expiration on maritime remedies

417. Amendment of complaint following expiration; as to cause of action

418. --As to defendants

419. --As to particulars

420. Waiver or estoppel of assertion of limitation period

2. Laches

421. Generally

422. Court's discretion

423. Combined actions

424. Use of analogous statutory limitation

425. Prejudice

426. Excuse

427. Burden of proof

D. Collateral Estoppel and Res Judicata

428. Effect of Jones Act proceeding on other federal actions

429. Prior proceeding under Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 USCS § § 901 et seq.)

430. Relation between Jones Act and general maritime proceedings

431. --Prior Jones Act proceeding

432. --Prior maritime proceeding

433. Effect of prior Jones Act proceeding on State action

434. Effect of prior state action on Jones Act proceeding

435. --Prior workers' compensation proceeding

436. Particular circumstances

E. Limitation of Liability

437. Generally

438. Defense to action under 46 USCS Appx § 688

439. Enjoining Jones Act proceeding

440. State court proceedings

F. Other Defenses

441. Common law defenses

442. --Last clear chance

443. Fraud

444. Miscellaneous defenses

VI. DAMAGES

A. In General

445. Generally

446. Relation to damages under general maritime law

447. --Cumulative awards

448. Law governing

449. Collateral source rule

450. Limitation of damages agreements

451. Attorney's fees and costs

452. --Failure to pay maintenance and cure

453. Punitive damages

454. --For inadequate maintenance and cure

455. Mitigation

456. --Duty to seek medical treatment

457. --Seaman's own fault

458. ----Particular circumstances

459. Apportionment of damages among defendants

460. Indemnification

461. --Between shipowner and stevedoring company

462. Interest

463. --Where joined with general maritime action

464. --Post judgment interest

465. Additur and remittitur

B. Damages for Personal Injury

1. Elements of Damages

466. Generally

467. Aggravation of pre-existing injury

468. Loss of consortium, society, and support

469. Loss of earnings

470. Loss of future earnings

471. --Seaman earning more after accident

472. Medical expenses

473. Mental anguish

474. Pain and suffering

475. Miscellaneous

2. Deductions >From Award

476. Insurance benefits

477. Statutory compensation payments

478. --Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 USCS § § 901 et seq.)

479. Miscellaneous

C. Damages For Wrongful Death

1. Elements of Damages

480. Generally

481. Relation to Federal Employer's Liability Act (45 USCS § § 51 et seq.)

482. Nonpecuniary losses

483. Claims by parents

484. Nonsupport

485. Estrangement

486. Child's prospects

487. Fringe benefits

488. Funeral expenses

489. Loss of consortium

490. Loss of nurture and guidance

491. Loss of services

492. Loss of society

493. --Recovery under general maritime law

494. Loss of inheritance

495. Pain and suffering of decedent

496. --Instantaneous or unconscious death

497. Anguish and grief of survivors

2. Computation of Award

498. Net or gross earnings

499. Wage increases and decreases

500. Deduction for income taxes

501. Personal expenses of decedent

502. Actuarial tables

503. Effect of inflation

504. --Discount of award

505. Distribution of award

506. Miscellaneous

VII. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

A. State Court Actions

507. Generally

508. Concurrent state court jurisdiction

509. Applicable substantive law

510. Applicable rules of procedure

511. Sufficiency of contacts with state

512. Suits against United States

513. State boards and commissions

B. Jurisdiction

1. In General

514. Generally

515. "Jurisdiction" defined

516. Admiralty jurisdiction

517. --Proceedings in admiralty or at law

518. --In rem or in personam proceedings

519. Actions against states

520. Choice of law

521. Parties and standing

2. Bases of Jurisdiction

522. Sufficiency of contacts with jurisdiction

523. Amount in controversy

524. Diversity of citizenship

525. --Pendent, interpleaded, or joined parties

526. --Particular circumstances

527. Federal question jurisdiction

528. Pendent jurisdiction

529. Contacts with United States required for jurisdiction over foreign parties

C. Venue

1. In General

530. Generally

531. Applicability to other actions

532. --Suits in admiralty

533. State court action

534. Transfer of venue

535. --Particular circumstances

536. Waiver of objection to venue

537. --Absence or form of appearance

2. Bases of Venue

538. Generally

539. Partnerships and unincorporated associations

540. Corporate defendants

541. --Applicability of 28 USCS § 1391

542. --"Principal office" defined

543. --Point in time at which corporation is doing business in district

544. --Agents for corporation

545. --Alien corporations

546. --Dissolved corporations

3. Forum Non Conveniens

547. Generally

548. Applicability of doctrine where Jones Act applies

549. Discretion of court

550. Availability of evidence and witnesses

551. American contacts; place of injury

552. --Direct or indirect ownership

553. --Business contacts

554. --All contacts foreign

555. Miscellaneous

D. Election of Alternative Remedies

1. In General

556. Generally

557. Effect on right to jury trial

558. Who may make election

559. Manner of making election

560. Time for making election

561. --Amended or subsequent actions

2. Electing Particular Remedies

562. Generally

563. Maintenance and cure

564. --Effect of previous recovery under 46 USCS Appx § 688

565. Preclusion of double recovery

566. Unseaworthiness

567. --Necessity of making election

568. Death on High Seas Act (46 USCS Appx § § 761 et seq.)

E. Institution of Action

569. Service of process

570. Securing costs

571. Attachment of vessel

F. Pleadings and Motions

1. Complaint

572. Generally

573. Necessary allegations

574. --Status as seaman

575. --Negligence

576. --Injury or death

577. ----In course of employment

578. ----Place of injury

579. --Damages

580. --Reference to 46 USCS Appx § 688

581. Joinder or severance of claims

582. --Claim for maintenance and cure

583. --Claim for unseaworthiness

584. --Different claims against different defendants

585. Amendment

586. Variance

587. Miscellaneous

2. Answer

588. Amendment

589. Impleader

590. Counterclaims

591. Miscellaneous

3. Motions

592. Continuances

593. Directed verdicts and judgments n. o. v.

594. --Standards for granting or denying

595. Summary judgments

G. Removal and Remand

596. Generally

597. Relation to removal provision of 28 USCS § 1445

598. What constitutes separate and distinct actions

599. Circumstances under which removable

600. Waiver of removal objections

601. Motion to remand

H. Discovery

602. Generally

603. Interrogatories

604. Depositions

605. Inspection of vessel

606. Documents and records

607. --Plaintiff's discovery of own statements

608. --Log entries and medical reports

609. Disclosing names of witnesses

I. Jury

1. Right To Jury Trial

610. Generally

611. Demand by seaman

612. Demand by defendant

613. Waiver

614. Election

615. Effect of joinder of actions

616. --Joinder of parties

617. --Pendent claims

618. --Counterclaims

619. Composition of jury

620. Miscellaneous

2. Submission of Issues

621. Generally

622. Removal of issues from jury

623. Particular issues submitted

624. --Seaman's status

625. --Negligence

626. ----Defect in or use of appliances

627. ----Foreseeability

628. ----Causation

629. --Fellow servant's negligence

630. --Injury

631. --Seaman's contributory or comparative negligence

632. --Damages

633. Special interrogatories

634. Instructions

635. --Preserving or failing to preserve error

636. --Separate theories

J. Evidence

1. In General

637. Generally

638. Circumstantial evidence

639. Presumptions and inferences

640. --Causation

641. --Dependency or pecuniary harm

642. Res ipsa loquitur doctrine

643. --Explosions

644. --Falling objects

645. --Other particular applications

646. Judicial notice

647. View by jury

648. Credibility of witnesses

649. Miscellaneous

2. Plaintiff's Burden of Proof

650. Generally

651. Degree of proof

652. Negligence

653. Employer-employee relationship

654. --Evidence of payments under 33 USCS § § 901 et seq.

655. Causation

656. --Particular circumstances

657. Pecuniary loss

658. Pain and suffering

659. Seaman's status

660. Other issues

3. Defendant's Burden of Proof

661. Generally

662. Contributory negligence and assumption of risk

663. Settlement and release

4. Admissibility of Evidence

664. Admissions

665. Custom and practice

666. Habit and reputation

667. Expert and opinion evidence

668. --Qualifications of experts

669. --Medical experts

670. Res gestae

671. Written records; log books

672. --Medical

673. Other particular evidence

K. Appeal and Review

674. Generally

675. Reviewable decisions

676. Scope and standard of review

677. State appellate review

678. --Federal rules applicable

679. Sufficiency of evidence

680. --Particular circumstances

681. Damages

682. De novo consideration on appeal

683. Lack of witnesses or testimony in lower court

684. Miscellaneous

L. Settlement

685. Generally

686. Claims of minors

 

 


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What does it mean for a ship to be unseaworthy ? Under the Jones Act can part of the ship or vessel be seaworthy and another part unseaworthy? (More)

Under the Jones Act and maritime law, what is the deadline or Statute of Limitation to file a claim or lawsuit if I was injured on a ship or vessel ? (More)

What if I am not a Jones Act seaman, but I was injured on a ship, vessel or an offshore oil rig or platform ? Does maritime law still apply ? Can I file a maritime claim or lawsuit to recover for my injuries? (More)

Can I file a Jones Act claim if my loved on has been diagnosed with asbestos lung cancer or mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working on a ship or at the shipyard ? (More) Does maritime law protect me if I was exposed to benzene and later I am diagnosed with leukemia ? (More)

What if my spouse is killed while at sea? Does the Death on the High Sea Act (DOHSA) apply to all deaths on ships vessels, helicopters, and ships on the high seas?
(More DOHSA info)

What are my legal rights if I have had a previous or old injury but now I have suffered a new injury to my back and neck and may need surgery but the Maritime Insurance company's adjuster says I am not covered and he will not approve it ? Yes, you are covered whether it is aggravation of a old injury or new one, if you were a Jones Act seaman injured on the vessel and the employer was at fault or negligent then you can file a Jones Act lawsuit for any type of injury such as heart attacks, strokes, head injury, brain damage, paralysis, burns, broken bones, paraplegia, quadriplegia, loss of an arm or leg, blindness and for emotional trauma or mental anguish, disfigurement, medical expenses and for loss wages or lost earnings in the past and future.
(Jones Act Lawsuit Damages)


 

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Mr. Willis is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

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