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Understand All Your Legal, Financial, and Medical Options After an Injury due to a Maritime Accident

If you've been injured a maritime accident, it is vitally important for your future that you fully understand all your legal, financial, and medical options. It's particularly important that you understand ALL your options without a lot of high-pressure tactics from your employer, some insurance adjuster, or a lawyer you don't yet know.
That's why we will help you understand your legal, financial, and medical options right up front, for FREE, with absolutely no obligation on your part to sign any papers or hire us as your lawyers.
In addition to the thousands of pages of information on this website, we also offer offshore workers and their families the most comprehensive package of FREE INFORMATION.
Free Maritime Injury Information Package Packed With Useful Information
Our special Free Maritime Injury Information Package is loaded with valuable suggestions, advice, checklists, "DOs and DON'Ts," and good, solid, reliable information that we've developed over many years of experience representing maritime employees. We constantly refine our Maritime Information Package so you can get the best, most up-to-date information available, delivered to you immediately by email or regular mail, with no strings attached and no obligations at all.
The Free Maritime Injury Information Package Includes the following:

Our controversial and popular book "The Insider's Guide to Winning Your Maritime Injury Case," written by Board Certified Attorney Brian Beckcom exclusively for injured offshore employees and their family members.
Our special Free Book "Protecting Your Future," designed to let you know exactly what your employer is up to and whether you can trust your employer to do the right thing.
Mr. Beckcom's book on "How to Hire the Best Maritime Lawyer for Your Case," with an extensive checklist of methods and questions you can use to find the best lawyer for your maritime injury case.
Our revealing report, "Top 10 Red Flags On Attorney Websites That Tell You Who NOT To Hire." This report tells you exactly what you need to look out for when researching attorney websites and how to seperate the real maritime firms from the pretenders.

All of these books and reports are packed with useful information for injured maritime employees and their families.
How To Use This Website
In addition to our Maritime Injury Information Package, we also offer the Internet's most frequently updated maritime lawyer website devoted 100% to providing useful information to maritime employees.
As you are about to discover, this website is packed with useful, free information to help you in your time of uncertainty.
I'm sure you are probably researching countless Internet websites, looking for honest and reliable answers to your questions, You're probably trying to figure out what to do next, who you can trust, and how you can avoid getting tricked into signing away your legal rights.
We designed this website to be a resource for you. It is packed with thousands of pages of useful information, all available to you right now from the comfort of you home.
How To Research Your Case Right Now
As you will notice, we have a Maritime Legal Library for maritime cases. Our Maritime Legal Library is packed with articles written by me and my team, organized specifically by your type of case. Just click on the Maritime Libary Link and find what you are looking for now.
You'll also notice under "Hot Topics" that we have a "Blog." That's where we post short stories about items of interest to maritime workers. The Maritime Blog is also subdivided by type of case. Just click on "Blog" and start reading our Blog stories.
You can also go to our Frequently Asked Questions page (FAQ). That's where we post answers to questions we get again and again from our clients. Hopefully, you'll find answers to most of your questions there.
We also have a "Maritime News" page, dedicated exclusively to breaking news in the maritime industry. Take a look at the "Maritime News" page to see if there is anything happening right now that may impact you.
Our Most Popular Articles
We have thousands of pages of information on this website, but we've found that certain articles are the most popular. Check out our 10 most popular articles by clicking on the links below:

Calculating Personal Injury Damages Under The Jones Act
The Two Biggest Fears - Financial Insecurity & Wrongful Termination
7 Critical Questions You Must Ask Any Attorney You Are Considering Hiring
Read The Full, Complete Text Of The Jones Act

My Employer Is Bullying Me - What Should I Do?
My Employer Wants a "Recorded Statement" - What Should I Do?
How To Hire The Best Attorney For Your Case
The Number One Mistake To Wreck Your Case - And How To Avoid It
What To Expect In A Jones Act Injury Case

Ask Me A Legal Question For Free
Some attorneys charge $200, $300, $400, $500 dollars or more for just an hour of their time.
I don't. I realize that you probably cannot afford to pay hundreds of dollars to have an attorney answer legal questions, especially if you are injured and aren't getting a steady income.
So what I do is make you this offer: If you have a legal question about a maritime injury case, and you want my advice, I will give you my honest opinion free of charge with no obligations.
You can use the Contact Forms on this website to send me a question. However, many people want to talk to me directly about their case. If you want to talk to me about your situation, just call my office toll free at 877.724.7800 and schedule an appointment.
(WARNING: If you already have an attorney, you need to ask your attorney your legal questions, not me. If you hired the right attorney, he or she should be able to answer your questions.)
Thousands of Maritime Employee Visitors Every Month
We get thousands of visitors to our websites every month. We think that's because we want you to understand as much as you can about your situation before your employer tricks you, the insurance company fools you, or some lawyer pressures you to hire him or her immediately.
What Our Clients Say
I could go on an on like some lawyers talking about how much they "care about" you and your case (they don't even know you yet--it makes no sense), how they will be "aggressive" or have "______ years of experience." But you've probably heard that all before.
Instead of saying the same thing everyone else is saying, we prefer to simply let our track record and our clients speak for us.

Learn About The Jones Act
Don't sign away your legal rights. Read about the Jones Act and your legal rights at the Internet's best website for maritime legal information.
Maritime Injuries Resources
If you've been injured in a maritime accident, you should do what thousands of visitors do every month and visit the Internet's best website for researching maritime injury cases. MaritimeAccidentAttorney.com is packed with hundreds of pages of useful information and is updated daily.
Maritime Back and Neck Injuries
Would You Like To Know Your Medical And Legal Options Following A Maritime Neck or Back Injury?

Maritime work can be hard, physical labor. It can literally be "backbreaking" work, especially if safety rules and procedures aren't followed.

And unfortunately, if you don't have a strong back and neck, it's awfully hard to perform maritime work. In fact, many companies will refuse to hire you if you hurt your back or neck, especially if you cannot pass the rigorous medical exams that most company require before they allow you to perform maritime work.

Visit our Maritime Back And Neck Injury Page for more information and resources designed specifically to help you understand your options.

Blackballed In Maritime Industry?
Are you afraid that your employer may try to prevent you from getting work in the maritime injury after you have suffered a maritime accident? This is the NUMBER ONE fear of our maritime injury clients, so we have put together an entire series of resources like videos, articles, reports, and books to help you understand the truth about getting "blackballed" in the maritime industry and what you can do to fight back.

BP Oil Spill Injury Claims
Free resources and information for anyone who was the victim of the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill from Board Certified Lawyer Brian Beckcom.

Research your legal rights under the Longshore & Harbor Worker's Compensation Act before you sign away your rights or hire the wrong attorney for your case.

Get immediate help from a Board Certified Injury Attorney Representing Injured Deckhands Nationwide.
Offshore Oil Rig Accident
Injured on an offshore rig or platform? Research your case right now at our website or get a free consultation concerning your legal rights before the company tricks you into signing those rights away.
Cruise Ship Injuries
Workers and passengers on cruise ships have legal rights under federal law. Use this website to research your rights before the cruise ship company tricks you into signing away your rights permanently.
Diver Accident Lawyer
Accidents involving diving injuries can result in serious, permanent injury, or even death. Our law firm represents divers injured in diving accidents and the families of divers killed in diving accidents. We represent oil field divers, commercial divers, and recreational divers.
International Maritime Injury Claims
Have you been injured in a maritime accident in international waters? Then use this website produced by Maritime Lawyer Brian Beckcom to research your legal rights.
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I heard that I may be able to pursue punitive damages if my employer refuses to pay my maintenance and cure benefits. Is that true?
How will I pay my living expenses if I’m hurt in an offshore accident?

What are some of the qualifications I should look for in a maritime attorney?
Am I at risk of being fired if I file a maritime injury claim?

Why is the “maintenance” for my back injury ridiculously low?
I hurt my back after slipping on the deck. The doctor said that I have a herniated disc. Should I file a maritime injury claim? What are my rights?

Can my employer block my unemployment benefits?
Will I be "black balled" if I file a claim for the Transocean rig explosion?

Are the workers who were on the Deepwater Horizon rig the only ones who have legal rights?
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I’m a longshoreman and I was injured on the job. What should I do?
Can I file a third party claim against someone other than my employer under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act?

Do I need to report an injury that occurred on a barge? I was working as a deckhand at the time of the accident.
What is the quickest way to obtain compensation for injuries I sustained as a deckhand?

What is the definition of an offshore “major injury?”

My husband was injured on a cruise ship and we believe the cruise line was negligent. Are there laws that protect passengers?
What law applies to my cruise ship injury claim if I was an employee of the cruise ship?

Can the diving company be held liable for my commercial diving injuries?
How long does it take for symptoms of the bends to surface?

I am not a U.S. citizen but was injured while working for a U.S. company. What are my legal rights?

Is my employer required to provide and pay for personal protective equipment?
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