Shoemaker, Estis Well Service, Jones Act & Seaman: A recent case in the United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana ruled on a summary judgment motion.
The Shoemaker, Estis Well Service, Jones Act & Seaman case documents what many workers on a vessel, tugboat, ship, offshore, oil rig, oil platform, roustabouts and seaman may face today – an offshore injury or oil rig accident suffered while working on a ship or vessel, oil rig, oil platform or offshore that may be a potential admiralty injury, Jones act injury & maritime injury case.
A brief summary of the facts include:
- Plaintiff contends that Mr. Shoemaker was injured on September 28, 2011 while he was employed as a seaman aboard an inland drill barge operated by Estis.
- Plaintiff alleges that while Mr. Shoemaker was “attempting to perform assigned chores” aboard Estis’s vessel, he suffered “severe and permanently disabling burn injuries” to numerous parts of his body, plus brain, bone, muscle, tissue, and nerve injuries.
- Plaintiff asserts that these injuries resulted from Estis’s negligence and from the unseaworthiness of the inland drill barge on which Mr. Shoemaker was working.
- She maintains that Mr. Shoemaker’s injuries have “greatly impaired his wage earning capacity,” entitling him to damages.
To find out more on the case, see Case No. 14-163 – December 9, 2014.
MARITIME INJURY
Have you been injured in an offshore accident? If you have been injured while working as longshoremen, roughneck, cruise ship employee, etc., the laws that govern the areas of navigation, shipping, and overseas injuries, known as maritime and admiralty laws, may protect you.
Individuals suffering a Maritime, Admiralty, Jones Act type personal injury (offshore injury, offshore accident, oil rig injury, oil rig accident or injured offshore) may be entitled to compensation in the form of maintenance payments, lost wages, monies for medical treatment and other damages. These are some of the jobs that may fall under maritime, Jones act or admiralty law:
- Merchant Marine
- Longshoremen
- Cruise Ships
- Ship Construction
- River Boats
- Tug Boats
- Fish Processing
- Commercial Underwater Divers
- Oil Platform/Rig Workers/Roughnecks
- Casino Boats
For more on admiralty, Jones act and maritime injury cases, please follow this link.
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