No Maintenance Payments? Learn Your Other Options Here.

What happens if your company refuses to pay maintenance to you? How do you pay your bills each month when your company won't pay maintenance benefits to you after an injury on a vessel? Well, our office recommends you consider two things. First, you want to go ahead and apply for short-term or long-term disability if you have those benefits. Your short-term and long-term disability should pay you even if you have some type of a work-related injury. Call us if you have questions about that issue. The second thing we recommend is, in Louisiana lawyers are allowed to pay advance necessary living expense to their clients during a case. In our office, if one of our clients has their maintenance benefits terminated, legally and ethically we are allowed to work with that client so that they don't lose their house, so that they don't lose their car and so that they can continue to live on land like they lived on the water. Call us if you have any questions about your rights, choices or options under Maintenance and Cure Law.