Houma Boat Accident
Lawyers

At Domengeaux Wright Roy & Edwards, our Houma boat accident lawyers have helped hundreds of injured maritime and offshore workers from across Louisiana receive the compensation they are entitled for work-related injuries. If an employee has been killed on the job while working on a vessel, family members may also be eligible for compensation under the Jones Act.

The Jones Act is a federal law that provides compensation for injured maritime workers. It provides coverage for commercial fishermen, seamen and other maritime workers who have suffered work-related accidents on boats, ships or other vessels. Our Houma boat injury lawyers have decades of experience with the Jones Act. Under this law, any injury or illness that a seamen suffers while working on a vessel that is found to be the result of negligence on the part of the ship’s owner can be covered by the Jones Act, and maintenance and cure for damages under the Jones Act.

For those who don’t qualify as seamen but who work on docks, in shipyards, shipping terminals and ports near navigable waters, due to the dangerous nature of your work, you are covered by the Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Compensation Act.

The Port of Terrebonne is located on the Houma Navigation Canal, within a half-mile of its intersection with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. New vessel construction, as well as repair of marine vessels, continue for the oil and gas industry in this region. Terrebonne Port is ranked 98 out of 150 ports with cargo tonnage exceeding 2.5 million tons per year, and the Houma Navigation Canal is a direct route to the Gulf of Mexico.

Each of the ports in Louisiana are important to our state’s economy, but the fact remains many of our neighbors who are seaman and longshore workers can be injured while working because of unsafe working conditions, vessels that are unseaworthy, or the negligence of their employers. Working in the maritime industry is likely to be demanding, hard work, as is working offshore, but it doesn’t mean those who are injured shouldn’t be properly compensated.

Our Houma Offshore Injury Lawyers have been helping Louisiana workers who have been injured or disabled in the oil and gas industry since 1957. We have the resources necessary to help you and your family get the compensation you need after a serious injury.