Cruise Ship Workers' Claims
The Jones Act, a law enacted by Congress, provides protection to persons who are members of the crew of a ship or vessel. The Jones Act encompasses a substantial portion of maritime and admiralty law, and is the applicable law for the claims of cruise ship crew members injured while working on the ship. The rules for determining what type of maritime law or cause of action governs a case are complex. This is not a field of law that many attorneys specialize in.
If you are part of the crew of a cruise ship, and you were injured while working, you may sue your employer, the cruise line, for injuries caused by your employer's negligence under the Jones Act.
As an injured cruise ship crew member, you will be entitled to specific remedies, including:
- maintenance; which is a daily amount for subsistence such as food and lodging during recuperation.
- cure, which is reasonable medical expenses; unearned wages to the end of the voyage or a contract for employment.
- other remedies.
The general maritime law also provides a tort remedy based on unseaworthiness, which is a strict liability type of claim, where the ship owner has a non-delegable duty to make sure the ship is reasonably safe for its intended purpose.
In a Jones Act lawsuit you are entitled to recover past and future economic loss, pain and suffering, disfigurement, loss of capacity to enjoy life, mental anguish, loss of the ability to perform household services and to take care of yourself, and other damages under United States Maritime Law.
Our Florida law firm collects a fee only if we recover for you. We advance, on your behalf, the costs to investigate and prosecute your injury claim. If we do not make a recovery for you, you owe nothing to us.
If you or a family member has been injured while working on a cruise ship, or if a family member died while working on a cruise ship, contact our maritime lawyers today. Our staff speaks Spanish and Portuguese and is able to provide translations in Greek, Italian, French, Polish, and Russian.
From our main office in Boca Raton and a satellite office in Clewiston, Florida, the Jones Act Seamen attorneys of Howard S. Grossman, P.A. serve injured workers in Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Wellington, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Loxahatchee, Clewiston, Lantana, Stuart, Fort Pierce, Parkland, Coconut Creek, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point. Our firm's Jones Act lawyers serve injured ship workers in Hillsboro Beach, Tamarac, North Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, Sunrise, Plantation, Weston, Davie, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Cooper City, Southwest Ranches, Miramar, Pembroke Park, Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach, St. Lucie, Fort Myers, Orlando, Miami, Miami Lakes, Aventura, Sunny Isles Beach, Hialeah, Coral Gables, Miami Gardens and North Miami. Our Jones Act Maritime Lawyers regularly represent seamen who are citizens of other countries, including the Philippines, Columbia, Greece, Italy, Japan, Thailand, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Bahamas, Panama, Great Britain, Netherlands, Bermuda, Jamaica, Ecuador, South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Canada, Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, Poland, France, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Hungary, Turkey, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Russia, Croatia, Slovakia, and all the world.
