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Houston Jones Act Lawyer
The Jones Act has provided injured seamen, deck hands, oil workers and divers a method to be compensated in claims against employers whose negligence caused personal injury or wrongful death.
Victims who are legally entitled to recover under the Jones Act need to seek competent Jones act lawyers to best represent their interests.
If you or a loved one has been seriously injured while at sea contact a Jones act lawyer at the Baumgartner law firm.
The Jones Act is a federal law that provides injured seaman the mechanism in which to sue their employer for legal damages as a result of a work related injury.
In Houston many offshore oil rig workers are proper plaintiffs in a Jones Act case. However, the Jones act applies to all water vessels on the ocean or in intra-coastal waterways and even commercial divers.
Typically, a worker who spends more than 30% of his time on a vessel in navigation will be qualified as a seaman under the Jones Act. A worker who does not qualify for a Jones act claim may instead be covered under the Longshore and Harbor Workers Act.
To speak with a Houston Jones act lawyer call our office.
If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury, please feel free to contact Gregory S. Baumgartner in Houston, Texas, at (281) 587-1111 or (866) 758-4LAW (toll free), or e-mail him at greg@texastriallawyers.com. Gregory S. Baumgartner has vast experience in handling Houston car accidents, truck accidents, brain injury, spinal injury, burn injury, defective products, personal injury, catastrophic personal injuries, wrongful death cases and drunk driving cases.