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The Jones Act | Karl Truman Personal Injury

Karl Truman | 367 Views | 07/13/2016

The Jones Act

One type of case that I handle is called The Jones Act. And what that means, if you’re a seaman on a ship, on a boat, and we’re on the Ohio river. So we do see a lot of towboats going up and down the river. An example of one of the Jones Act cases that I handled, was a man, he was a deckhand on a towboat, working on a line inside a storage locker.

And the line was attached to a barge, and this line was attached inside to a bracket on the storage locker. He was in there doing some work, and the captain of the boat, the pilot, backed the boat off, making the line really tight. And when it wasn’t untied from the barge, and causing the line to break free, breaking this whole bracket from the inside of this locker, severely injuring this man.

And what we had to do is, we had to sue the barge company under the Federal Jones Act laws, in order to recover his medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering for him so he could still provide for his family. I’m attorney Karl Truman, and if you have any questions about what I’ve talked about, call me for a free consultation at 502-222-2222.

The Jones Act | Karl Truman Personal Injury

The Jones Act

One type of case that I handle is called The Jones Act. And what that means, if you’re a seaman on a ship, on a boat, and we’re on the Ohio river. So we do see a lot of towboats going up and down the river. An example of one of the Jones Act cases that I handled, was a man, he was a deckhand on a towboat, working on a line inside a storage locker.

And the line was attached to a barge, and this line was attached inside to a bracket on the storage locker. He was in there doing some work, and the captain of the boat, the pilot, backed the boat off, making the line really tight. And when it wasn’t untied from the barge, and causing the line to break free, breaking this whole bracket from the inside of this locker, severely injuring this man.

And what we had to do is, we had to sue the barge company under the Federal Jones Act laws, in order to recover his medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering for him so he could still provide for his family. I’m attorney Karl Truman, and if you have any questions about what I’ve talked about, call me for a free consultation at 502-222-2222.