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It can be a trying and difficult time if you sustain an injury while working on an offshore vessel. Not only are you dealing with medical procedures and time missed from work, but you also want to make sure you’re getting fairly compensated by the vessel’s owner for your suffering. It’s important to understand…

Working with cranes is dangerous. That’s why the job requires lots of training and adherence to strict OSHA regulations regarding personal protective equipment and procedures. Almost all crane accidents are the result of human error or a company’s inability to provide safe working conditions. Today we’d like to talk more about different kinds of crane accidents, what constitutes an…

Maritime laws are complicated and, legally speaking, quite different from worker’s compensations law. If you’ve been injured, you need the services of qualified maritime attorneys like Anderson Blanda & Saltzman. Let’s compare two kinds of claims common to admiralty law and maritime law: The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) and the Jones…

After years of challenges and stagnation, Louisiana’s oil and gas industry is coming back in a big way. This is great news for our economy, for jobs and for offshore workers ready to get back to work. However, the “boom times” bring with them some measure of risk. Though the oil and gas industry…

The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act, is a series of Federal statutes which regulate shipping practices on the coasts and internal waterways of the United States. Although primarily concerned with issues surrounding trade protectionism and wartime preparedness, the Jones Act also contains provisions which acknowledge the fundamentally dangerous…

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) was originally passed by Congress to provide a legal framework through which riverboat crew members, certain harbor employees and professional stevedores, could seek compensation for injuries sustained while on the job. Congress has revised and amended the LHWCA so as to broaden the pool of people…

A maritime accident is an accident which occurs at sea. Maritime accidents generally happen on ships or boats, although they can sometimes include airplane and helicopter crashes that happen over water, too. Compensation for injuries sustained due to a maritime accident is governed by maritime law, also known as “admiralty” law. The Slip and…