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Maritime Injury Blog

The Houston law offices of Vujasinovic & Beckcom, P.L.L.C. post blogs on maritime accidents and offshore injuries.  If a maritime accident has left you injured or unable to work, contact a Jones Act lawyer from our law firm today. We represent people who have been injured at sea or offshore in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and throughout the Gulf Coast, Port of Houston and Galveston Bay.

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5/15/2012
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The three victories for an Orange County, TX offshore whistleblower case

This article explains how more than just winning a financial settlement is needed for complete victory.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Orange County Texas maritime whistleblower lawyers Orange County Texas offshore attorneys Orange County Texas offshore wrongful termination attorneys
5/11/2012
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Injured working for Coastal Catering? Seek justice asap

The Houma, La. based company has been names as a defendant at least nine times since 2006 in marine injury cases.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Coastal Catering LLC injuries Houma La. maritime catering injury attorneys
5/9/2012
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Sexually harassed working for an offshore catering company? Call a Biloxi maritime attorney

Many victims in the offshore catering industry do not want to come forward because of shame, fear of job loss and belief that they will not be taken seriously.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Biloxi offshore attorneys Mississippi offshore catering worker attorneys Mississippi offshore sexual harassment attorneys oil platform sexual harassment
4/26/2012
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We can help Art Catering Inc. workers receive legal justice

The company has been named as a defendant in at least 13 cases since March 10, 2004. Causes of action include marine personal injury and sex discrimination.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Art Catering Inc. injuries Art Catering Inc. lawsuits Art Catering Inc. sex discrimination
4/26/2012
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Tampa masters must favor USCG over the company in reporting safety issues

If you are a vessel captain from Tampa-St. Pete do not let the company bully you into not reporting safety incidents to the Coast Guard.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: maritime whistleblower attorneys maritime wrongful termination lawyers St. James Stevedoring wrongful termination Tampa-St. Pete maritime attorneys
4/21/2012
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Company exec throws third mate under the prop in KY bridge hearing

The general manager of the vessel that collided with a Kentucky bridge in January blamed his own officer for the accident.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Delta Mariner collision Eggners Ferry Bridge collision Foss Maritime Kentucky bridge collision
4/10/2012
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Louisiana offshore workers: Don’t let your employer trick you out of unemployment benefits

Some maritime companies resort to despicable tactics to block workers from receiving compensation they are legally entitled to.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Louisiana maritime unemployment lawyers Louisiana seamen unemployment maritime companies deprive unemployment maritime unemployment benefits
4/2/2012
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Injury case shows Hoover, Ala. offshore workers about implications of not disclosing medical history

The company will root through your medical records with a fine tooth comb to find anything which could discredit you.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Alabama Jones Act lawyers Gulf of Mexico mariner injury Hoover mariner medical disclosure Offshore Liftboats lawsuit
3/15/2012
Vuk Stevan Vujasinovic
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Houston Maritime Lawyer Describes Diamond Offshore Jones Act Case

If you were injured in an offshore accident, you may be entitled to bring a claim under the Jones Act. View this page for more from a Houston maritime lawyer.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Houston maritime injury houston maritime lawyer Jones Act Attorney Texas maritime injury
3/12/2012
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Polar Tanker crewmembers: Is the company following its written safety policy?

Does an "incident" mean an actual accident or injury or is it just a statistic on paper?

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: maritime accident attorney Polar Tankers seaman injury reporting
3/9/2012
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Another way marine employers manipulate the numbers to preserve management safety bonuses

Even though 11 workers were killed in a rig explosion, a company like Transocean said 2010 was an exemplary safety year due to fewer incidents on other rigs.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Deepwater Horizon maritime accident lawyers maritime injuries maritime safety bonuses Transocean
3/9/2012
Brian Beckcom
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Maritime Attorney: Hercules Offshore Increases Gulf of Mexico Presence

Hercules Offshore, Inc. is increasing its size in the Gulf, which may mean higher risks of employee injuries. View this page for more from a maritime attorney.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: maritime accidents maritime attorney maritime injuries
3/8/2012
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Texas mariners: The company may want to keep you under Articles even if you’re hurt

Company executives will keep their safety bonuses intact at the expense of sending a seaman to the doctor

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Injured seaman maritime safety bonuses Texas maritime attorney variable cash incentive program VCIP
3/6/2012
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Were you injured working for Polar Tankers but told to see your own doctor at home?

If you’ve been forced onto paid leave status by Polar when you could have been entitled to a disability claim, you have legal rights.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: maritime disability maritime injury lawyers maritime safety bonus not fit for duty Polar Tankers vessel injjry
3/6/2012
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Louisiana Injury Lawyer Examines Aries Marine Negligence Claim

A Louisiana maritime injury lawyer describes a negligence claim against Aries Marine and its impact on the company’s dedication to safety. Read for more info.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Louisiana maritime injuries Louisiana maritime injury attorney Louisiana maritime injury lawyer
2/28/2012
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Gulf of Mexico rig workers: How the company will use your work ethic against you

They count on your pride to hobble around the vessel in an immobilization boot rather than go to a doctor. Maybe they just decide to put you on “light duty.”

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: maritime accident attorney maritime safety bonus oil rig worker injury seaman disability tong and chains
2/20/2012
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AB standing watch in an immobilization boot? Maritime companies desperate for safety bonuses

Vessels will keep obviously injured crew members on the job in order to preserve their company safety bonuses.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: AB injured maritime attorney maritime HSE maritime VCIP vessel safety bonus
2/10/2012
Brian Beckcom
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Why a Tuscaloosa seaman should not admit blame for an injury

You might not realize that there was a hidden condition that caused the unsafe situation and your own words may be used against you later.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Jones Act Lawsuit seaman injured Tuscaloosa maritime attorney Tuscaloosa seaman vessel negligence
2/9/2012
Brian Beckcom
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Huntsville Ala injured offshore workers: Don’t say “it’s my fault”

You may later discover there was an unknown dangerous condition that caused the accident and by then your incorrect self- blame will be used against you.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Huntsville Alabama maritime worker injury offshore accident attorneys seamen injury vessel leg injury
2/7/2012
Brian Beckcom
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Engineer’s maintenance and cure award against Chet Morrison is upheld in appeals court

The company did not pay the crewmember maintenance and cure after he was hospitalized with ulcerative colitis, a liver condition and diabetes.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Chet Morrison Contractors collateral source rule Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vessel engineer hospitalized
1/30/2012
Brian Beckcom
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Montgomery Ala seamen: loose lips can sink your injury case

Any well intended words can and will be used against you by the company’s lawyers. They may have grave consequences for any future legal action you may take.

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1/27/2012
Brian Beckcom
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What injured Vicksburg tug workers should know before talking to their employer’s insurance adjuster

Even if the interviewer seems nice, consider the session to be an interrogation designed to get you to say something you will later regret.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Mississippi tug accident Vicksburg
9/22/2011
Brian Beckcom
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We advise mariners to save their accident and medical records

One of the best ways our clients can help us to help them is to provide us as many detailed medical and accident records as possible.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: Jones Act Lawsuit seamen medical records
6/22/2011
Brian Beckcom
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Injured offshore workers: beware of your employer stalking your medical history

Many employers will stop at nothing to make a legitimately disabled worker look like a criminal instead of a victim.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: injured offshore worker Jones Act case offshore medical records seafarer medical records Washington State Ferries
7/27/2010
Brian Beckcom
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WARNING to Martime Workers - Insurers Will Go to Great Lengths to Limit Your Recovery

A maritime accident can result in a serious injury to a seaman. Many insurance companies will take steps to limit liability such as sending someone to the worker's hometown to examine medical records.

Category: Company Tricks Exposed

Labels: insurance tactics maritime accident maritime attorney medical records