Baton Rouge Admiralty and Maritime Law Attorneys
Our admiralty and maritime law attorneys represent people who are injured while working on boats, ships, and other vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and navigable waters in Louisiana. We also represent harbor workers who are injured while working on or near docks where ships are unloaded.
People who are injured while working on navigable waters or unloading ships have special compensation rights provided by federal laws. Those laws include:
- The Jones Act, which covers people who obtain offshore injuries while working on vessels on navigable waters. Vessels include boats, ships, ferries, and floating oil and gas platforms.
- Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LSHCA), which compensates people who are injured while working on docks loading or unloading ships.
- General maritime law, which covers unseaworthiness claims.
Our lawyers have considerable experience in helping injured boat crew members, offshore oil and gas workers, ferryboat operators, and harbor workers recover the full compensation they deserve under federal law.
For more information, contact a Baton Rouge admiralty and maritime claim lawyer at Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis & Burns, LLC.
