Maritime and offshore work can be risky business. Such workers can be injured or killed while engaged in oil and gas exploration or production and related activities. Several laws provide rights and remedies to different types of maritime and offshore workers. It is important to have an attorney familiar with maritime and offshore law explain all of your options. The Jones Act, for example, extends the protections of the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), to provide similar rights and remedies to seamen. FELA provides certain federal workers specific rights and remedies when injured in connection with their employment.

An injured seamen is entitled to specific remedies under the General Maritime Law (GML) which include maintenance, a daily amount of money for subsistence, and cure, medical care sufficient to bring the injured to maximum medical improvement. GML also requires an injured seamen be provided unearned wages to the end of the voyage or employment contract and a return trip to the injured seaman's home port in the event he is injured overseas. GML also enables assertion of unseaworthiness claim based on the breach of the warranty of seaworthiness. This warranty is a mandatory duty imposed on a vessel owner or operator to provide a vessel which is reasonably fit for its intended voyage.

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