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Injured maritime workers: choose your OWN doctor

After being injured in a maritime accident, things can get very confusing. Not only do you have to deal with your injuries and your responsibilities at home, but all of a sudden your employer and their insurance company may suddenly be very interested in talking to you.

This is a time that you must be alert for tricks that employers like to play on injured workers. One of the common ways that employers mislead their injured employees is to tell them that they have to visit a company doctor.

While it may seem simpler for you to just go see the company doctor to be treated for your work-related injuries, think about his for a minute. If the doctor works for your employer, whose side are they on? Do you really think they are going to fairly assess your injuries and allow you enough time to recover?

Under the Jones Act, you have the right to choose your own doctor, something that is very important to protecting your rights. Company doctors are notorious for downplaying the seriousness of a worker’s injuries and even sending them home before they are fully healed.

If your injuries are not properly treated or if you are sent back to work before you are ready, you risk further aggravating your injury. Without proper care, your injury could become even more serious and even disabling. All because your employer didn’t want to take proper care of you in the first place!

Don’t let this happen to you. If you have been injured on a ship, vessel or while performing maritime work make sure you insist on seeing a doctor of your own choosing. This is an important first step in your case, one that can make a huge difference in the outcome.

If you would like to speak with an experienced maritime accident attorney about your situation for no cost or obligation, please contact the Houston law offices of Vujasinovic & Beckcom, L.L.P. We have an impressive case history of successfully dealing with a wide variety of maritime injury claims.

Don’t let your employer take you for a ride. Please make sure you understand your rights under the Jones Act, and contact us today to learn more about your maritime law case.

For more information on maritime law, maritime injury and death cases, the Jones Act and more please visit our Maritime Accident Attorney website. You can also find more articles about maritime law in our Vujasinovic & Beckcom maritime law library.

Vujasinovic & Beckcom P.L.L.C

1001 Texas Avenue, Suite 1020

Houston, TX 77002

Phone: 713.224.7800

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