PARKER WAICHMAN ALONSO LLP

Maritime Injuries

Maritime injuries are often severe, whether you work on a boat, in a shipyard, on an oil rig, or dockside in a port. Many injuries sustained on the water can prevent you from working again or even resuming a normal life. Personal injuries in the maritime industry include:

• Crushed limbs;
• Deep cuts;
• Broken limbs;
• Broken back;
• Drowning;
• Traumatic brain injury;
• Spinal trauma;
• Muscle and ligament damage.
  
  

Maritime law is complex – there are several different sets of rules governing water-related injuries, such as the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, the Death on the High Seas Act, and general maritime doctrine.

At Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, we know the laws because we've been successfully helping maritime injury victims for more than 20 years. If you have suffered a serious maritime injury, please submit our online form or call 1-800-LAW-INFO (1-800-529-4636). We handle maritime law claims from port cities along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, including New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington DE, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville FL, Fort Lauderdale FL and Miami.

Compensation for a maritime injury depends greatly upon the maritime laws involved, and we examine each case thoroughly to determine the most effective strategy on our clients' behalf. We have successfully recovered damages for clients including: maintenance and cure, past and future medical expenses, loss of income, and pain and suffering.

Maritime Law covers a wide variety of professions – including crew members, fishermen and other seamen, as well as longshoremen, offshore oil field workers, shipyard workers, harbor workers, and others who may suffer injury on a boat, rig or dock. Maritime injuries happen in a variety of circumstances, including factors such as:

• Falling overboard;
• Slippery decks;
• Unseaworthy vessels or crew;
• Unsecured loads;
• Crashes with other vessels;
• Lifting, pulling or falling injuries.
  
  

Regardless of what caused your injuries and which law is applicable in your case, if you have suffered a maritime injury you must act quickly to secure compensation. There are statutes of limitations that restrict the time you have in which to file a maritime injury claim, so it's important to contact a lawyer as soon as you can.

At Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, our most important goal is to help you get your life back on track – and we have a 20-year track record of success to help make that happen. If you have suffered a serious maritime injury, please submit our online form or call 1-800-LAW-INFO (1-800-529-4636) for help with your case.