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Birmingham, MI 48009
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Call us at:
1-800-OBRYANS (627-9267)
Or visit us at:
O’Bryan Baun Karamanian
401 S. Old Woodward Ave., Suite 463
Birmingham, MI 48009
OR Contact Us using the form below and we will get back to you as soon as humanly possible.
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Maritime Injuries
If you’ve been injured or have any questions, contact us today.
Get Help NowMaritime injuries could come at any time and could come from any direction, and some of the injuries are extreme. Unlike the small ropes that are generally used by landside people, our maritime workers are required to work with towing hawsers. These would be used also to moor a vessel to the dock. And if they come under shock load or a load that was improperly exerted they can snap and strike the worker, injuring him — either severing their legs, causing closed head injuries, or something called traumatic brain injury TBI. Generally the worker’s incapacitated and he or a loved one or people that would have his interest at heart should get to a maritime practitioner as soon as possible so that they’ve advised us of their rights — whether it be maintenance & cure, entitlement to medical care, or to maintenance being sustenance while they are off the vessel and to other damages to which they may be entitled disability, pain and suffering and that sort of thing.
Statute of Limitations
If you’ve been injured or have any questions, contact us today.
Get Help NowStatutes of limitations are like the keys to the gates of the courtroom. You don’t have the keys, you’re not getting in. Doesn’t matter who you are or what your problem is — you don’t have the keys, you’re not getting in. In a maritime setting, this is a particularly treacherous body of water to navigate without running onto the reef. The reason is that certain statutes of limitation as they apply to a different causes of action can be either three years for unseaworthiness or a Jones Act, but then it is more attenuated if you’re a crew member and you’re injured on a public vessel or a vessel owned or operated by the United States of America, shortens it up to two years. If you happen to be injured on a cruise ship or a fairy ship it’s attenuated even more. One year — you only have one year from the time you were injured to talk to an experienced practitioner and get your claim filed. If you do not do that on time, you’re done.
Diving Accidents
If you’ve been injured or have any questions, contact us today.
Get Help NowDivers form a big part of our practice. Divers are involved in oil rig work, divers are involved in water intakes for municipalities, divers are involved in underwater construction, and there are certain injuries that are specific to divers: for instance decompression sickness. A diver, especially if he’s assigned off a boat or working off a boat, is generally covered by the Jones Act and has all the rights and entitlements that a crew member aboard that boat would have.
Unearned Wages
If you’ve been injured or have any questions, contact us today.
Get Help NowUnearned wages are the wages a seaman would’ve earned if he had continued working for the remainder of his articles or employment agreement. Unearned wages can also take the form of a crew share on a fishing vessel, so if you were supposed to be on board the fishing vessel for the entire season, you’re entitled to your full share if you get off the boat injured or ill and are entitled to maintenance and cure. If you’re entitled to maintenance and cure on a fishing vessel or a foreign voyage, you’re entitled to unearned wages. If you’re not getting the full amount of your unearned wages, call us.
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