While they’re not all quite as exciting as James Cameron exploring the Titanic with his army of robot cameras, you would be surprised at the number of ordinary citizens, offshore workers, and treasure hunters that stumble across historic finds every year. Of course, as with nearly anything involving …
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Pre-existing conditions can be one of the most complicated parts of any injury case, and that goes double for maritime injury claims. Many insurance companies and ship owners resort to the old strategy of claiming ‘pre-existing conditions’ to get out of paying damages to a worker who falls ill or is …
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Due to the ever-changing nature of the maritime industry and the number of different ways in which workers’ rights have been upheld over the years, the Jones Act has a long history of what’s known as “interpretive rulings”. Interpretive rulings, generally defined as “a rule issued by an administrati …
READ MOREEven though we like to think of ourselves as experts on maritime law here at O’Bryan Law, we have to admit we understand that not everyone is going to know as much about it as we do. Known by many names and comprised of many different laws, general American maritime law has a fairly long, complicate …
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Much like how the Jones Act and Jones Act attorneys protect American seamen and shipworkers from being exploited by their employers, injured railroad workers have legal protections in place to keep them protected in the event of injury or disability. One of these protections recently came under fire …
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Any maritime worker who spends enough time in international waters knows that piracy remains a real and dangerous threat to shipworkers and the maritime industry as a whole. Far removed from the cartoon image of drunken, peglegged captains with hook hands and squawking parrots, real-life pirates are …
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The Jones Act is absolutely the backbone of both American maritime law, and the American shipping & shipbuilding industries. Nearly every aspect of American maritime law is affected by the Jones Act, from requiring American vessels to be used to transport goods within American waters, to requiri …
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For years, Cuba has been something of a dream to would-be travelers. Years of heavy sanctions and restrictions on travel and trade made traveling to (or doing business with, in the case of the maritime industry) Cuba an unfulfilled wish, stuck behind embargoes and blockades over the past 50 some odd …
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Offshore injuries can happen on any body of water, anywhere in the United States. From the Great Lakes to the shores of the Pacific and everywhere in between, if you’re injured on the water, American maritime law provides a number of different ways to seek justice and financial compensation for your …
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