If you work in the maritime industry in any capacity, you are likely impacted by the Jones Act. Put into place shortly after the First World War, it is a sometimes controversial act governing how goods can be transported between U.S. ports. It began in 1920 and takes...
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Maritime Law/offshore Injuries
Issues re maritime employees’ protections during health pandemic
“Another wrinkle.” That is what the maritime-focused Waterways Journal underscores in its assessment of added protections afforded industry employees by the federal Jones Act.Here’s an example featuring the sizable health risks currently posed...
Port of New Orleans spotlights Maritime Month
Informed people across the country know how critically important maritime workers are in promoting the nation’s economy and security.We underscored the central role they play in a recent blog post on our website at the tenured Louisiana business and personal...
Feds spotlight maritime industry’s broad band of essential workers
Anyone even remotely linked with the vast and varied maritime industry in Louisiana or elsewhere in the United States knows intimately well how important it is to the nation’s economy and security.That realization unquestionably extends to federal regulators...
Key maritime acronym LHWCA: what it is and what it provides for
Acronyms.Those short-hand descriptors are seemingly everywhere in the legal landscape, reducing lengthily spelled out terms/concepts into abbreviated sound bites a bit more amenable to public consumption. The immediately vast and varied maritime realm is a ready...
Are relaxed drilling rules in Gulf imperiling workers’ safety?
We referenced in a recent Simien & Simien blog post “an ongoing debate marked by a regulation-versus-profit rift” surrounding the country’s maritime industry. We underscored specifically in our firm’s March 10 blog entry a growing view that...
Allegations of spiked maritime risks in wake of regulatory retreat
America's maritime commercial industry is a vast and sprawling realm, marked by ongoing challenges and seemingly limitless opportunities for exploitation and profit. Louisiana is a central player in that universe owing to both its singular proximity and long...
Prefacing maintenance and cure in the maritime universe
The Jones Act. General Maritime Law. The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.Those federal laws, coupled with local and state enactments – especially in a maritime-heavy state like Louisiana – are go-to sources for individuals who are...
Is there a generalized “default” law relevant to maritime injuries?
Louisiana workers employed in the state’s vast maritime commercial realm know intimately well from hard-earned experience that their industry is a comparatively complex employment sector.Put another way: The sheer range of jobs in the maritime industry is flatly...
Differences Between Jones Act and Workers’ Compensation Claims
Both the Jones Act and workers' compensation provide compensation to employees who suffer injuries on the job, but that is where most of the similarities end.The main differences between these types of claims are explained below, including the types of benefits they...
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