Seeking Compensation for Your Pain and Suffering from Offshore Injury

“Pain and suffering” is a phrase used to describe many intangible factors related to the emotional distress and life changes that may result from a serious offshore accident. An injured seaman may be able to recover some compensation for these damages through a Jones Act insurance claim, but often needs the help of a Jones Act lawyer to do so.

Pain and suffering damages can cover many aspects of life after a serious offshore injury. Some of the common points considered when calculating these damages include: 

• lifestyle changes made necessary due to the injuries;
• permanent medical conditions;
• emotional trauma;
• loss of enjoyment of life; and
• damages to a family who lost a loved one. 

Compensation for these damages is often based off of opinion and estimation rather than facts and solid figures. For example, your Jones Act lawyer may argue that the loss of a leg will require you to purchase and maintain or replace prosthetics for the rest of your life. 

In cases of pain and suffering damages it’s best to leave the estimation and negotiation process to an experienced Jones Act lawyer. Because the values may seem too high in many cases, these settlements are often highly contested by the Jones Act insurance companies. 

There are many other damages you may not know about that you could be entitled to under the Jones Act laws. Before you agree to a settlement, talk to a Jones Act lawyer to learn more about your rights as an injured seaman. 

Contact a New Orleans Jones Act Lawyer for Jones Act Insurance Help

Jones Act coverage provides you with certain protections your employer may not want you to know about. A Jones Act lawyer from The Young Firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, can help you if you have suffered offshore accident injuries on a vessel within the Jones Act coverage definitions. 

Though we are based in Louisiana, we are ready and able to help injured victims throughout the U.S. Order our free Maritime Injury Law guide and/or our guide to what to do when you are injured offshore to learn all about your rights as an injured worker. 

When you are ready to get started with your Jones Act insurance case, we urge you to contact us today for a FREE case evaluation – call 504-680-4100 or toll free at 866-938-6113.