Experienced Maritime Attorneys BLOG

Maritime workers who sustain an injury or contract an illness on the job have certain rights under maritime law. Some of the laws protecting maritime workers are: The Jones Act, which protects seamen injured during the course of their employment and due to their employer’s negligence The Longshore Act, which protects maritime workers who are not crewmembers of a vessel when they are injured or contract an occupational disease on navigable U.S. waters or on docks, piers, marine terminals or marinas Unseaworthiness and defective equipment laws, which protect seamen working aboard a vessel whose injuries result from unseaworthy conditions or defective or missing equipment Maintenance and cure laws, which require maritime employers to provide seamen food and lodging if they fall ill or sustain an injury while working on a ship and to cover their necessary medical expenses Unfortunately, these maritime laws do not enforce themselves. If you are injured…
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