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Vujasinovic & Beckcom Blog

Jones Act

11/17/2008
Brian Beckcom
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SEAMEN'S ALERT - Important Warning for Injured Offshore Workers and Seamen

SEAMEN'S ALERT

Houston, Texas - December 22, 2007

If you are injured offshore, you SHOULD NOT sign any paperwork given to you by your employer UNTIL YOU HAVE HAD THE PAPERS REVIEWED BY YOUR OWN, INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY!. Unless, of course, you want to eliminate or severely limit your legal rights.

Recently, many employers (including K-Sea Transportation Co., Weeks Marine, and Great Lakes Dredging) have coerced their injured workers into signing papers after they are hurt which severely limit the injured workers' rights in court. In some cases, signing these papers may result in the injured worker loosing thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

So unless you want to lose your legal rights, or severely limit, do not sign any papers given to you by your employer after you are hurt unless you have those papers reviewed by an independent lawyer you select. (In other words, don't rely on legal advise from a company-selected lawyer).

If you want to read a case where an injured worker basically signed away many of his legal rights, look at Barbieri v. K-Sea Transportation Corp., 2006 WL 3751215 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2006).

Mr. Beckcom is a Board-Certified Personal Injury Lawyer who represents individuals and families. Mr. Beckcom represents injured offshore workers and railroad workers in Texas and across the nation and the world.

If you would like to speak with Mr. Beckcom about your potential legal case, you can call his law firm and schedule a telephone conference. The toll free number is 877.724.7800

You can visit one of the firm's website to learn more about what we do:

www.vbattorneys.com
www.themaritimelawyer.com
www.maritimeaccidentattorney.com

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About the firm

Vujasinovic & Beckcom, P.L.L.C. is a firm of board certified personal injury trial lawyers who handle serious injury and death cases, as well as business and insurance cases, on a contingency fee basis.

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