Case Results

DISCLAIMER: The results are specific to the facts and legal circumstances of each of the clients' cases and should not be used to form an expectation that the same results could be obtained for other clients in similar matters without reference to the specific factual and legal circumstances of each client's case.

Maritime Back and Neck Injuries

• Back injury on Gulf crewboat led to serious nerve damage: Jones Act settlement against Aramark US Offshore Services and others

Awarded: $1,495,000 settlement; $598,000 attorney fee; $85,000 expenses

• Jones Act seaman settles case against Blake Offshore (now Spartan Offshore Drilling); fall due to missing grate; neck injury with surgery

Awarded: $900,000 settlement; $360,000 attorney fee; $35,000 expenses

• Offshore slip and fall accident on Transoceanic Cable Ship Company, Inc. vessel results in settlement for Houston Jones Act seaman; spine injury with fusion surgery

Awarded: $800,000 settlement; $320,000 attorney fee; $28,000 expenses

• Tow boat captain slipped, fell backwards off dock: Jones Act case settled against Brown Tide, Inc.; cervical disc injury with fusion surgery

Awarded: $400,000 settlement; $160,000 attorney fee; $45,000 expenses

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