Category Archives: Longshore and Harbor Worker

Hand Injury Results From Unsecured Equipment | Maritime Attorneys

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Ogletree Abbott

Maritime Attorneys Are Here For You Maritime attorneys specialize in assisting injured workers with seeking financial compensation. These attorneys have only their clients’ best interests at heart. They will work diligently to be successful and get justice for their clients’ … Continue reading →

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Longshore And Harbor Workers Coverage Included Depression After Severe Injury

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Ogletree Abbott

As the costs of surgery increase, employers (and their insurance companies) often try to avoid any responsibility to pay for an injury. Because of the severity of many dock injuries, other complications (sometimes including depression, or even alcoholism and liver … Continue reading →

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LONGSHORE AND HARBOR ACT RULES AGAINST EMPLOYER ATTEMPT TO AVOID PAYING

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Ogletree Abbott

The laws protecting longshore and harbor workers come from almost two hundred years of American legal protections for people in marine and maritime work. Longshore and harbor worker rules sometimes protect employers, but only to a certain extent. The law … Continue reading →

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LONGSHORE WORKER, INJURED IN OFF-WORK AUTO ACCIDENT, ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE LHWCA

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Ogletree Abbott

Otis Lewis, a longshoreman, injured his lower back in a non-work car accident. Since the accident, he had suffered from intermittent pain. Otis’s back pain slowly worsened every year, and was eventually accompanied by numbness in his feet and legs. … Continue reading →

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Longshore And Harbor Workers Compensation (LHWCA) Allows For Negligence Suit

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Ogletree Abbott

Finding an attorney who specializes in Longshore and Harbor Worker compensation act (or LHWCA) injury cases is important, since an injury may involve other types of claims, too. Sometimes, an employer may try not to pay its rightful damages, unless … Continue reading →

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DEFENSE BASE ACT GIVES PROTECTION TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE WITH EYE INJURY IN IRAQ – Bill Ogletree

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Ogletree Abbott

Defense base act attorneys work to make sure injured workers have every opportunity to get medical care. Often, this happens under the federal law for civilian employees who work on overseas military bases (covered by the Defense Base Act, or … Continue reading →

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LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMP: MEASURING AN INJURED EMPLOYEE’S WAGES

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Ogletree Abbott

Some insurers or employers try to use technicalities to lower their proper payments to injured longshoremen. One way this can happen is because the work is often for long hours, but can happen irregularly through the year. Longshore and harbor … Continue reading →

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IS THE INSURANCE CARRIER/ADJUSTER DENYING YOUR CLAIM FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION UNDER THE LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT – DEFENSE BASE ACT?

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Bill Abbott

You got hurt overseas.  You are back in the United States.  You are not able to go back to work and the insurance carrier/adjuster is denying your claim for compensation under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act – Defense … Continue reading →

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