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What Happens When You Have an Accident on International Waters?

Currently, 5,000 seamen are employed in the United States, according to Zippia. These individuals face various potentially dangerous situations in ...
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Maritime Accidents on International Waters

Currently, 5,000 seamen are employed in the United States, according to Zippia. These individuals face various potentially dangerous situations in ...
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What is Cure and Maintenance?

One hundred years ago, President Woodrow Wilson enacted the Jones Act to protect the U.S. shipping industry. The Jones Act ...
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What To Do After a Boating Accident

Boating accidents are an entirely different entity than car accidents because of the likelihood of personal injury, damage to the ...
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Do I Need a Maritime Lawyer for an Injury from a Boating Accident?

The laws and restrictions in a personal injury case tend to change when an accident occurs in a body of ...
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Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act is a federal law that provides medical and other benefits to longshoremen, harbor ...
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Wrongful Death at Sea

An unfortunate factor of maritime work is that death is a real possibility. And every year, many of those deaths ...
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The Jones Act & Compensation for Injured Seamen

Working as a seaman can be a dangerous job with heightened risks of serious injury due to the conditions that ...
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