Category Archives: Maritime Law
How Injured Seamen Receive Compensation From the Jones Act
Working on a barge or a rig can be dangerous, as the risk of maritime accidents is higher than most professions. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2011 and 2017, 45 fatal and more than 61,000 nonfatal injuries in the maritime industry occurred. The federal agency states these… Read More »
Do I Need a Maritime Lawyer for a Boating Accident?
The laws and restrictions in a personal injury case tend to change when an accident occurs in a body of water because maritime law typically becomes part of the legal proceeding instead of the state laws. While each individual state governs the laws carried out on land, maritime law governs laws over bodies of… Read More »
Claims of Unseaworthiness
The term “unseaworthy” may conjure up images of an old rusty boat or a hole in a ship’s hull. However, in legal terms, the concept of unseaworthiness, and claims of unseaworthiness, covers more than just the structural seaworthiness of a vessel. In maritime law, an unseaworthy vessel is defined as any ship, boat, barge,… Read More »