Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer

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If you suffered from a Texas offshore injury while working on a barge, rig, tug boat, tanker ship, or any vessel, you may need a Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer. As a seaman your rights may fall under the federal maritime act commonly known as the Jones Act.

Let Robert J. Barringer, a Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer assist you in recovering the following claims:

• Lost past and future wages, maintenance and cure
• Claims against the injury causing person or company
• Filing a seaworthiness claim where an improperly maintained vessel caused your injury.
• Help you obtain a second medical opinion from a doctor you choose.

The Jones Act covers crewmen who are injured or die through the mere negligence of their employer aboard vessels in navigable waters. Unfortunately, not all injuries sustained in accidents aboard vessels are covered by the Jones Act. If you suffered a Texas Offshore Injury you should contact Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer, Robert Barringer. Your consultation and evaluation of your claim will be confidential and free.

It is important for injured maritime workers and seamen to understand what employers can and cannot do after an accident that results in your injury. Your employer cannot determine your doctor or which medical provider you determine to seek your medical treatment. Your employer cannot send a nurse to accompany you to a your doctor’s appointment. They cannot attempt to mislead or intimidate you into choosing your doctor or health care provider. There are many tactics companies try to use to avoid paying the injured maritime worker and seaman the full value of the money damages under the Jones Act. Let the Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer, Robert J. Barringer assist you in preserving your rightful benefits.

If you suffered a Texas offshore injury, you may be able to get money for your physical and mental suffering, your medical bills incurred now as a result of the injury, and future medical expenses, necessary vocational rehabilitation and occupational retraining, and lost earning capacity for seaman where the injury is serious enough to impact your ability to make money.

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