Injured Workers Compensation Settlements

Injured Maritime Workers Compensation Claims and Rights Attorneys

Serving California and Hawaii • Free Consultation • No Fee If No Recovery

The Law Offices of Preston Easley handles cases involving maritime and admiralty law and actively fights for the rights of injured longshoremen, seamen, crew members, passengers, dockyard workers. and maritime construction workers. As an attorney, Mr. Easley has personally handled numerous catastrophic maritime accidents involving cranes, forklifts, dredges, barges, tugboats, and defective products and equipment. At the appellate level, he has been a pioneer in expanding the rights of injured workers, frequently reversing lower court decisions and making new law. [Published Decisions]

The Longshore Act is a federal law that allows port workers, longshore workers, shipyard workers to sue negligent ship owners, marine terminal operators and even outside truckers.

We help union and non-union workers who have been seriously injured in accidents, as well as families who lost a loved one in a maritime accident, including, but not limited to cases involving:

Maritime Workers We Help

• Commercial Divers
• Commercial Fisherman
• Crane and Forklift Operators (Maritime)
• Crew Member Rights
• Cruise Ship Crew
• Dock Workers
• Government Maritime Claims Against the Navy, Army Corps of Engineers, or the US Coast Guard, etc.
• Marine Construction Workers, Bridge, Tunnel, Bulkhead Construction Workers
• National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Maritime Workers
• Offshore Oil and Gas Workers
• Longshore Workers
• Pile Driver Workers
• Seamen
• Shipyard Workers
• Stevedores
• Tugboat, Dredge, Ferry Workers, and Barge Crew and Workers
• Other Union and Non-Union Maritime Workers

Maritime Laws and Claims

• Death On The High Seas Act
• Lawsuits Against The U.S. Navy
• Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation
• Jones-Shafroth Act Overview
  • Jones Act – Maintenance and Cure
  • Jones Act – Unseaworthiness
  • Jones Act – Negligence Claims
  • Jones Act – Claims Against An Employer
• National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Accident Lawsuits
• Public Vessels Act
• Statute of Limitations on Maritime Claims
• Third Party Lawsuits

Cruise Ship and Commercial Recreational Boating Accidents and Wrongful Death Claims

• Catamaran Accidents
• Charter and Tour Boats
• Cruise Ship Accidents and Wrongful Death Claims
  • Passenger Accidents and Wrongful Deaths
• Ferry Boats
• Jet Ski and Personal Watercrafts
• Motorboat Accidents (California)
• Motorboat Accidents (Hawaii)
• Scuba Diving Accidents
• Speed Boats
• Yachts and Sail Boats
• Other Small Recreational Boats and Watercrafts

Accidents due to various types of boating accidents, including:

• Capsizing
• Catastrophic injures including head, neck, spine injuries, severe burns, paralysis
• Collisions with another vessel or structure
• Disappearance of a vessel or passenger
• Drowning
• Falling overboard
• Fires
• Explosions
• Sinking, flooding
• Wrongful death at sea

Preston Easley is an experienced maritime lawyer with considerable expertise in handling federal and state cases in the field of maritime and admiralty law. He will aggressively seek the maximum amount of compensation you are entitled to receive. For a free initial consultation, call or email our law firm today.

Law Offices of Preston Easley
2500 Via Cabrillo Marina
Suite 106
San Pedro, California 90731

Phone: (310) 832-5315
FAX: (310) 832-7730

San Diego, CA (619) 699-4884
Ventura, CA (805) 289-1551
Honolulu, HI (808) 922-2383