Russian transportation city officials are blaming errors made by the captain as the reason for the sinking of an Indonesia-flagged vessel in the Sea of Okhotsk.
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The Jones Act protects the crew of a vessel in case they are injured. This law applies to inland river workers and offshore crew members who work on barges, river drill ships, tug boats, tow boats, jack-ups, semi-submersibles, crew boats, dredges, floating cranes, tankers, cargo ships, vessels, chemical ships, cruise ships, recreational boats, and other floating or movable vessels. If you become injured, you should talk to a Louisiana maritime attorney before making a claim.Louisiana Jones Act lawyers represent injured workers and their families in serious injury and wrongful death claims protected by the Jones Act and related laws. If a member of your family has been seriously injured or killed as a result of a maritime accident or offshore injury, it is extremely important that you call a Louisiana Jones Act lawyer. Representing injured seamen, sailors, and offshore workers has always been at the heart of our law practice. Though Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P. is based in Texas and licensed in Texas, Minnesota, and Colorado, we handle Jones Act and maritime cases throughout the United States, including Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Our maritime lawyers have repeatedly obtained positive results for seamen with Jones Act and general maritime law claims.
If you think you may have a maritime law or Jones Act claim, please call us at 1-800-949-6671. We are a maritime law firm and we will confidentially speak with you about your injury and answer your questions about maritime law.
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