Maritime workers can suffer serious injuries on the job. The Jones Act allows these workers a right that most American workers do not have; the right to sue their employer in a personal injury case. In order to receive compensation, the injured employee must prove that the owner, captain, or crew of the vessel on…

How dangerous is working on an oil rig or platform? Many people in the Biloxi/Gulf Coast area and throughout Mississippi work in the Maritime and oil and gas industries, including on drilling rigs and production platforms and on the vessels that service them. These are lucrative businesses that offer high-paying jobs to people with many…

There are many ways an employee can get injured while working on the water. Being injured on a vessel at sea, on the Gulf Coast, in a river system or on an offshore oil rig can be devastating. State worker’s compensation laws will not provide compensation for these injuries. Instead, federal maritime laws/admiralty laws come into…