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.
The vast majority of those cases listed “Jones Act” as the cause of action while some were categorized as “marine personal injury.”
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You may be entitled to a multimillion dollar settlement or jury award and receive the medical care you deserve.
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The company will go to great lengths to look into your medical records, even sending an investigator to hospitals and doctors offices in your area.
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When executives also reap safety bonuses, they may be tempted to pressure vessel captains into preventing injured crewmembers from seeing a doctor.
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So why place the value of company executive’s safety bonuses over that of getting a crewmember into the hands of proper medical professionals?
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Companies like Polar Tankers may play on their employees’ emotions in order to protect the company VCIP (Variable Cash Incentive Program).
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If you do, you will lose your short term disability rights!
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Your company will not hesitate to come after you following a workplace injury. They will dig through your medical records.
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Injured offshore workers from Gulfport and the Mississippi coastal region need to strategize before seeing the doctor
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If you’re a seaman from Mobile and the Gulf Coast of Alabama who was hurt on the job, the Jones Act gives you the right to request your own doctor.
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But the company allegedly opted to save money and forced him to have the necessary back operation in Peru. The operation was a disaster.
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A pair of medical case studies says that catfish barb infections are not to be taken lightly.
One case resulted in the amputation of a finger.
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The victim was refused medical care. 10 days later, he was again struck in the arm by a barb which ultimately resulted in an infection that caused nerve damage.
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A diver on a support vessel claims he suffered disabling wrist injuries after being forced to use a needle gun for 12 hour days.
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A seaman has filed a lawsuit for allegedly being ordered to return to work while he was recovering from an existing shoulder injury.
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