The no-fault seaman remedy of daily living allowance and reasonable medical care until maximum medical improvement.
If you crew a cruise ship and get hurt on the job, you may be told your contract sends you to arbitration in another country under another nation’s law. That is often true. It does not mean you have no rights. In short: Injured cruise ship crew keep real maritime rights, including maintenance and cure…
The decisions you make in the first three days after an offshore injury can shape your health, your benefits, and the entire strength of your claim. While you focus on getting treatment, your employer’s insurer is already building its file. In short: If you are injured offshore, do six things fast: get medical care, report…
After a serious offshore injury, the question that keeps you up at night is simple: what is my case actually worth? The honest answer is that no two Jones Act claims are alike, and the figures you see online hide more than they reveal. In short: There is no reliable single “average” Jones Act settlement,…
If you were hurt working on or around the water, one word decides almost everything about your case: whether the law counts you as a seaman. That single classification controls which statute protects you, who you can hold responsible, and how much your claim is worth. In short: You are a Jones Act seaman if…
Commercial fishing is the deadliest civilian occupation in the United States. NIOSH data shows that fishermen die on the job at roughly 29 to 40 times the rate of the average U.S. worker. If you have been hurt on a fishing vessel, or you have lost a family member at sea, here is how the…
Cruise ship crew members come from across the world, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and beyond, and work long contracts on foreign-flag vessels that sail in and out of U.S. ports. If you have been hurt working as cruise ship crew, your employment contract probably contains an arbitration clause that points…
If you were injured working at sea, the Jones Act may give you far stronger rights than ordinary workers’ compensation. Here is exactly where you stand. In short: The Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 30104) is a federal law that lets an injured seaman sue their employer for negligence and demand a jury trial. It…
