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REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO A SEAMAN

Maritime workers engage in risky work to earn their livings everyday, and as a result on-the-job injuries are an unfortunate reality for these workers.  Fortunately, there are a wide-range of remedies available to injured seamen, intended to provide comprehensive coverage to seamen who have risked their safety for their jobs.

At Kirkendall Dwyer LLP, we want to help you recover from your maritime or offshore accident as fully and as quickly as possible.  While some of the remedies are generous, it is not easy to navigate this complicated system.  But with the help of the maritime attorneys at Kirkendall Dwyer LLP, you can rest assured that you have the most competent and aggressive legal representation available in your corner.  Call us today to begin your free case review.

Maintenance and Cure

If you have been injured as an offshore worker, regardless of whose fault your injury was, your employer is required by law to provide you with medical treatment and living expenses.  Known as maintenance and cure, these rights arose through general maritime law and are independent of the Jones Act.

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Unseaworthiness

An injured maritime worker can also pursue a claim that the vessel on which he was injured was unseaworthy.  The warranty of seaworthiness is owed to the vessel’s crew by the operator of the vessel, and means that the vessel must be reasonably fit for its intended use.

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The Jones Act

Maritime workers knowingly engage in extremely risky work, and the Jones Act provides such workers with protection against the negligence of an employer or any other employees or agents.  While other remedies can be brought against the owner of a vessel regardless of whether negligence caused the injury, the Jones Act specifically protects a seaman against the negligence of an employer or another employee.

Click here to learn more about the Jones Act, and how it may apply to you.

Call a Maritime Attorney with Kirkendall Dwyer LLP Today

There are many valuable remedies available to injured seamen.  We hope that you explore our resources to familiarize yourself with this broad area of the law, and that you then contact us for your free consultation.  You have a broad range of rights, but it is nearly impossible for anyone to sift through this complex area of the law alone.  Your employer has a team behind him.  Let the maritime attorneys at Kirkendall Dwyer LLP be the team behind you.
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