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Advantages of Choosing Your Own Medical Care After a Louisiana Maritime Accident (Part B)

If you are a worker from an offshore drilling company and are seeking help for your injuries in Lafayette, Louisiana, an attorney from the Young Firm can help. Although the firm is based in New Orleans, it represents maritime accidents around the country.

You should understand that if you are an employee for an offshore drilling company, and in Louisiana, a maritime accident sent you to receive medical care for serious injuries, you have the option of seeing your own physician for treatment. If you do not see your own physician and are forced to see a company physician in Lafayette, a Louisiana attorney should be someone you get in touch with right away.

What a Company Physician May Do After Louisiana Maritime Accidents

Your employer will most likely encourage you to see a company doctor because of the alliance they have built to deny your claim.
A company doctor might:

  • claim your injuries were not serious;
  • delay performing necessary tests;
  • refuse to order an MRI;
  • misdiagnose you; and
  • improperly treat you.

Choosing to see your own physician does not just help the outcome of your claim, but it is imperative to your health, too. If you work for an offshore drilling company in Louisiana, maritime accidents can happen suddenly, which can cause serious injuries that may need specialized medical assistance.

Most times a company doctor will conclude that you do not need serious testing
like an MRI to evaluate your injuries. Therefore, you may have a very serious internal injury that was never diagnosed. You should be aware that basic medical testing should consist of an MRI.

That is why it is imperative to seek legal counsel if you are seeking help for your injuries in Lafayette, Louisiana. An attorney at the Young Firm is specialized in the field of maritime law and is able to help you pursue the compensation you need and deserve fairly and fully.

Contact a Louisiana Maritime Accidents Attorney

Maritime law provides you with certain protections your employer may not want you to know about. A maritime law attorney from The Young Firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, can help you if you have suffered boating accident injuries, an offshore accident or other injuries that fall under maritime law or the Jones Act.

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 injury case, we urge you to contact us today for a FREE case evaluation - call 1-504-680-4100 or toll-free at 1-866-938-6113.




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