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Our client was a Jones Act seaman from Louisiana who worked as a deckhand. He sustained burns to 33% of his body while working on a tugboat that was attempting to rescue a vessel which had collided with a high pressure natural gas pipeline. At mediation, the defendant company offered $300,000 to settle the case, which was declined. The case was tried in the Eastern District Court of Louisiana and subsequently settled for a total of $5.9 million.

Our client, a Jones Act seaman from Mississippi, worked as an electrician. Our client suffered an un-witnessed slip and fall accident while working on a semi-submersible rig just off the Brazil coast. This injury later led to a minor back procedure. The defendant company was claiming that no accident occurred and that if any accident had occurred it would not have caused our client's back injury due to pre-existing conditions. The case was tried in the Eastern District Court of Louisiana and settled for $1,035,000 in addition to our client's medical bills and long-term disability benefits.

Our client from Mississippi worked on a jack-up drilling rig as a roustabout. Our client suffered a torn ACL which needed reconstructive surgery, PTSD, and a mild to moderate Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS was formerly known as RSD) in his lower extremity. This case was tried in the Eastern District of Louisiana and settled for $1.8 million. Our client's medical expenses were also paid by the Jones Act employer.

Our client was working on an oil platform in the Persian Gulf as a mechanic when he was struck by a heavy door that knocked him down. When the client was having back surgery, his case was pending in Texas. The case later settled for $950,000 with a third-party defendant in addition to the thousands of dollars in medical expenses and worker's compensation paid by his employer.

Our client, a Jones Act seaman from Alabama, was working on a jack-up drilling rig as a floorhand when two fingers on his right hand were crushed. After plastic surgery was performed on his injured fingers, he was diagnosed with a 10% disability in his right hand. The defendant company was claiming that it was due to our client's negligence for placing his hands under the load. The case was tried in the Eastern District Court of Louisiana and settled for $400,000 in addition to the payment of our client's medical expenses.

Our client, a Jones Act seaman from Mississippi, was working as a roustabout on a semi-submersible drilling rig. He fell twenty feet because the company failed to place a handrail between a pipe bay and a walkway. Our client became a wheelchair-bound paraplegic due to this fall. The case was pending in Louisiana state court. Shortly before trial, the defendants paid three million dollars to our client to avoid going to a trial.

Our client was driving on a Texas highway when he was struck by an 18-wheeler. Our client suffered an ankle fracture and needed an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) surgery. The case was pending in Texas state court when we achieved $400,000 for settlement.

Our client, a Jones Act seaman from Louisiana, was working on an inland barge rig when he suffered an injury to his hand. Due to the injury on his middle and ring fingers, he was diagnosed with a 15% disability in his right hand. The defendant company claimed that it was due to our client's negligence from placing his hand in a "pinch point." This trial was pending in the Eastern District Court of Louisiana and settled for $400,000 plus payment of medical expenses.

Our client, a Jones Act Seaman, lost part of his foot when a crane he was working on collapsed. The case was settled after trial for approximately $7,000,000 dollars.

Our client was driving a truck in Texas when a commercial vehicle struck him. He injured his beck. His case settled for $750,000.

Our client slipped in a bathtub and injured her neck. Her case settled before litigation for $700,000.