Four Important Things to Know About Offshore Oil Rig Injury Claims
At Vujasinovic & Beckcom, our law firm represents oil and gas workers who have been injured in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic and Pacific, and across the world in various oil and gas operations. We also represent the family members of those oil and gas workers killed during their offshore employment. (To learn more about your legal rights, feel free to visit our main website at www.vbattorneys.com or call us with your questions.).
Some of the most frequent types of injuries include injuries on Jack-up drilling rigs and oil platforms, boating and vessel injuries, diver injuries, and helicopter injuries.
There are four very important things you must know if you were injured offshore working with an oil and gas company or in a supporting role:
1. Most lawyers do not have any experience at all representing offshore oil and gas workers. These claims are highly specialized, complicated, and expensive. You need to make certain that the lawyer you hire has experience with these types of claims.
2. Your claim may fall under one of four different legal remedies. They are the Jones Act, General Maritime Law, Longshore & Harbor Worker's Compensation Act, and the Outer Continental Shelf Land's Act. Each set of laws is very different and it takes an experienced offshore lawyer to help you navigate your way to the best possible recovery.
3. You are generally entitled to medical care if you are injured offshore in the oil and gas fields, regardless of who was at fault. And you aren't necessarily required to go to company doctors.
4. If you suffered a serious injury, you may be entitled to appropriate and fair compensation. And unlike many state-based laws where the compensation is completely inadquate (like worker's compensation), offshore oil and gas injury claims generally entitle prevailing party to much more reasonable and fair compensation.
For more information, you can contact our law firm by visiting our main website, www.vbattorneys.com.
Some of the most frequent types of injuries include injuries on Jack-up drilling rigs and oil platforms, boating and vessel injuries, diver injuries, and helicopter injuries.
There are four very important things you must know if you were injured offshore working with an oil and gas company or in a supporting role:
1. Most lawyers do not have any experience at all representing offshore oil and gas workers. These claims are highly specialized, complicated, and expensive. You need to make certain that the lawyer you hire has experience with these types of claims.
2. Your claim may fall under one of four different legal remedies. They are the Jones Act, General Maritime Law, Longshore & Harbor Worker's Compensation Act, and the Outer Continental Shelf Land's Act. Each set of laws is very different and it takes an experienced offshore lawyer to help you navigate your way to the best possible recovery.
3. You are generally entitled to medical care if you are injured offshore in the oil and gas fields, regardless of who was at fault. And you aren't necessarily required to go to company doctors.
4. If you suffered a serious injury, you may be entitled to appropriate and fair compensation. And unlike many state-based laws where the compensation is completely inadquate (like worker's compensation), offshore oil and gas injury claims generally entitle prevailing party to much more reasonable and fair compensation.
For more information, you can contact our law firm by visiting our main website, www.vbattorneys.com.
