Drilling & Oil Rig Accident Lawyer

The Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, or LHWCA, provides injured workers who are covered under the Act with causes of action to recover benefits beyond what they would be able to collect under general maritime law. 

Through the LHWCA, you will generally be able to recover compensation for: 

• Medical costs 
• A portion of your lost earnings 
• Vocational training

The compensation may not be as completed as if you were able to file a private insurance claim or a lawsuit (which the Jones Act can provide for).

Determining which Act applies and whether or not maritime law might complement or inhibit your ability to recover compensation depends on the interpretation of complex and overlapping laws. Your claim must contain sufficient evidence to require approval and must be submitted in the appropriate format with supporting evidence to the appropriate insurance company or liable party within a certain period of time. When you are injured on an oil rig, collecting the full amount you are entitled to require years of study and practice working in the maritime law field to win your claim or case against the oil rig’s insurance company and their attorneys. That is why it is crucial that you work with a skilled oil rig injury attorney at Brais Law immediately after your injury to ensure you achieve the best possible outcome for your case.

You would be hard-pressed to find another attorney in Florida, Massachusetts, or anywhere else in the United States with the level of direct experience of Brais Law Firm’s founding partner, Mr. Keith Brais, and his team. He has a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering and has worked for nearly a decade on a variety of different off-shore oil drilling rigs from 1981-1987. Keith Brais also acquired an MMSS-OCS-TI: Well Control, Surface Stack & Subsea Stack, Blow-Out Prevention (“BOP”) Course, and Driller Level Certificate.

Over the course of this direct experience in oil rig work, Mr. Brais gained the kind of hands-on experience to support your case that most attorneys practicing in maritime law simply do not have. The experienced oil rig injury lawyers at Brais Law Firm have decades of combined experience representing clients injured in oil drilling and most other maritime industry occupations. We have been where you are and know how to use the courts and the precedents established by prior cases to help you recover the full amount you deserve for your injuries.