Suffered an Injury while Working Offshore? Claim Your Rightful Compensation NOW!

With Brad Doyle by your side, reclaiming that legal compensation you deserve for an injury suffered while working offshore is a cakewalk!

 

If you or any acquaintance of yours has had the experience of doing so, working offshore is one of the most dangerous of occupations ever! And if you or any near or dear one has suffered an injury while working offshore, you will very well know the tribulations of claiming the legal compensation deserved and the time it takes to do so successfully!

 

One of the main advantages that work in favor of the injured professionals while working offshore is the Jones Act. The Merchant Marine Act if 1920, or popularly known as the Jones Act, reserves a seaman’s or offshore worker’s right to legally challenge the respective employer in court and claim monetary compensation for damages caused in an offshore accident/ injury. But compensation claims are only valid when it is proven that the employer is at fault, or is indirectly or directly responsible for the damages caused to the professional while working offshore.

 

The Jones Act statute has many limitations for a professional or seaman who has been on the wrong side of an offshore accident injury. First and foremost, the Jones Act does not clearly define who is liable to demand legal compensation in cases of offshore accidents. The seaman, as defined by the statute, considers any professional whose duties help in the achievement of the goal or the general functioning of the employer or the respective company or vessel. However, for a seaman (or allied professional) to claim legal compensation, he/ she must have suffered an injury while remaining within the confines of his/ her job profile.

 

So who qualifies as one legally fit to claim legal compensation for injuries?

 

The Jones Act defines one who qualifies as:

• • The vessel or mobile platform where the injury has been suffered on has to be at sea or offshore (and not at port).
• • The employer or ownership group should have a permanent connection with you, one who is seeking legal compensation. This maybe an employer-employee relationship or a professional connection in similar lines.
• • The injury suffered, should have come while performing one of the duties that has been officially outlined in his offshore job profile (or job description). Also, the accident responsible for the injury should have come while the individual is performing a duty that is to help complete a pre-determined mission or objective for the employer.

 

One of the main tenets of the statute is that the relationship between the seaman and the employer is not evaluated by the court simply on the basis if the time when the injury has occurred. Instead, it takes into account the relationship of the seaman to the vessel with the assumption of the seaman having completed the mission sans injury.

 

Those who are covered by the Jones Act include professionals working on tugboats and towboats, freighters, crew boats, jack-up rigs, tankers, supply boats, lay barges, semi-submersibles, fishing boats, barges and crew boats. Usually longshoremen and those who work on fixed platforms, even if they tend to be offshore, are not considered seamen by the Jones Act and hence cannot demand legal compensation from the respective employer, even if they have been wrongfully afflicted by an injury while working offshore.

 

Offshore injuries can be severe and serious, and can entail high amounts of medical care and recuperation costs. Therefore, employers need to provide a mandatory safe work ambiance as well as prior training regarding equipment and safety measures to their employees. But often employers avoid providing the same due to high costs as well as negligence on the owning group’s part. This is when accidents and subsequent injuries usually take place.

 

Collisions, equipment falling on the individual as well as injuries sustained while working in hostile platforms and weather conditions without proper safety measures are the chief reasons for accidents offshore. Back sprains, ruptured discs, fractures, knee and limb injuries, paralysis and brain damage are some of the kinds of injuries sustained by professionals while working offshore. Such victims can demand legal monetary compensation from the responsible party (usually the employer or vessel owner) for hospital bills and loss of wage as well as for emotional anxiety and anguish resulting from the accident.

 

But recovering evidence and witnesses is a tricky task while demanding compensation. Without a proper offshore accident lawyer at hand, getting the money you deserve may be an uphill task. Brad Doyle is the answer that you were looking for! While you concentrate on your career offshore, Brad Doyle takes care of all your legal nuances with thorough professional care!

 

But with Brad Doyle at your service, a long battle in the court of law and subsequent failure to attain due legal compensation is history! We get you the money you deserve, and well within a short period of time.

 

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