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If you are a longshoreman who has been injured on the job and is searching for experienced longshoremen injury attorneys, contact the lawyers at the Miami and Palm Beach-area law firm of Downs Brill Whitehead today to arrange a case evaluation.
The Law Firm Miami-Dade
55 Miracle Mile Suite 200
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Phone: (866) 475-8871
Fax: (305) 444-6773
The Law Firm Broward
Mercantile Bank Building
One SW 129th Avenue Suite 305
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33027
Phone: (866) 475-8871
Fax: (954) 447-3557
The Law Firm Palm Beach
Crystal Tree Commerce Center
1201 US Highway One Suite 403
North Palm Beach, Florida 33408
Phone: (866) 475-8871
Fax: (561) 694-5558
Miami and Broward County Longshoremen Injury Lawyers
Florida, with its massive amounts of coastline and its prominence as the gateway to the Americas, is home to many busy ports and harbors. Each day, thousands of longshoremen go to work in these ports and harbors to load, unload and perform all manner of tasks aboard large ships. Rigging, ropes, chains, cranes and other heavy dock equipment are every day tools for longshoremen. As a result, they spend much of the workday in a potentially dangerous environment and are at higher risk of serious injury or potential death. As longshoremen injury attorneys, the lawyers at the Miami and Broward-area law firm of Downs Brill Whitehead represent the rights of longshoremen injured or killed on the job. We help them and their families obtain the compensation to which they are entitled for their injuries and losses.
The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) was originally enacted in 1927 to provide benefits to injured workers in United States navigable waters in situations where no state workers compensation law applied. In 1984, Congress substantially amended the LHWCA to expand the protections to the longshoremen. The act’s coverage is clear with regard to the liability of the employer and the benefits an employee is entitled to receive in the event of an injury. In exchange for immunity from lawsuit, an employer must provide statutory benefits to an injured longshoreman without the need to prove the negligence of the employer.
Many times, however, longshoremen are injured in the course of working onboard a vessel or as a result of the negligence of some other party beyond their employer. To alleviate this concern, Congress enacted, 33 U.S.C. §905(b). Section 905(b) allows an injured longshoreman to sue the owner of a vessel for the vessel’s negligence in maritime tort with certain restriction. Additionally, 905(b) preserved the right of a longshoreman to sue in tort all non-employer/non-vessel parties as permitted by law. If you or a loved one suffered an injury or was killed in an accident onboard a ship or in a port, you may be entitled to additional recovery. Let the experienced longshoremen injury attorneys at Downs Brill Whitehead help.
Contact Our Longshoremen Injury and Accident Attorneys Serving Miami, Broward and Palm Beach County
If you have been injured while working on a harbor or dock and are searching for experienced longshoremen injury attorneys, our lawyers serving Miami, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and beyond can help. Time is of the essence and there are important steps to take if you have been injured in an accident as a longshoreman, so please don’t hesitate to contact our practice today. We can help.