How the Jones Act could help You after a Maritime Injury Accident

Research and accident data reveal that more than 70% of maritime injury accidents are due to a failure in safe working practices. Our Houston and Galveston Jones Act lawyers note that these unsafe working conditions at sea are the basis for the Jones Act claims of a vessel’s unseaworthiness.

When a vessel is unseaworthy, or has unsafe working conditions, and you’re injured because of that, you could make a Jones Act claim for financial compensation because of the vessel owner’s negligence in not providing safe working conditions, complete training for workers, adequate safety procedures and communication in the vent of an emergency, a safe vessel, or safe equipment.

• Lack of proper vessel maintenance or monitoring could lead to a failure to notice or prevent safety hazards. Maritime injury accidents involving mechanical failures, fires, and even explosions might result.
• Insufficient staffing of a vessel could lead to fatigue and demoralization, which might result in crewmembers’ failure to notice or repair safety concerns and unsafe working conditions. And then accidents might occur with injuries or fatalities.
• Operating manuals that are difficult to understand, in a language other than the one spoken by the crew, or too general for the particular equipment and machinery for which they’re used could also lead to maritime injury accidents resulting in injury or death.

If you’re a seaman accustomed to various unsafe working conditions of these types on vessels, you might not realize that they could form the basis for a valid Jones Act claim of unseaworthiness. Our Houston and Galveston Jones Act lawyers point out that the Jones Act and its provision for negligence claims based in “unseaworthiness” were enacted in order to help injured seamen, and the surviving relatives of seamen killed on the job, to obtain the fair financial compensation they need to restore themselves to a firm financial foundation, pay medical expenses, and move forward with their lives after a needless maritime injury accident.

 

Most accidents are preventable. But they continue to occur. When you’re a seaman injured on the job, you need to understand your rights to fair financial compensation under the Jones Act.

Contact the Houston and Galveston Jones Act lawyers at Denena Points, PC for Help

We provide a free and confidential legal consultation to discuss your accident and assess your eligibility for fair financial compensation for your injuries. You have no obligation to hire an attorney, and we don’t charge attorneys’ fees unless we win your claim, so there’s no financial risk to you. Call us today at 281-369-4363 or reach us through our online contact form and let our Houston and Galveston Jones Act lawyers help you recover the compensation you deserve for your needless injury.