Offshore Oil and Gas Workers' Claims

Oxnard - Hueneme - California Offshore Worker Injury Attorneys
Banning Micklow & Bull - Los Angeles Offshore Accident Lawyers

While offshore oil and gas worker accidents on fixed platforms are often not covered under the Jones Act, many offshore injuries and accidental deaths in the oil patch are eligible for compensation under the Jones Act and general maritime law. Contact an experienced San Diego-Long Beach offshore oil worker injury attorney at Banning Micklow & Bull to find out about your rights if you've been hurt on or near a California offshore drilling rig, or while traveling to or from an offshore platform.

The Jones Act and general maritime law can cover your claim and significantly increase your recovery under many circumstances, such as the following:

• Injuries or fatalities suffered in transit to or from the platform, whether the transporting craft is a ship, boat, crane, or helicopter (including personnel basket or "widowmaker" injuries or deaths).
• Injuries or fatalities suffered on a drilling vessel, floating platform, or barge.
• Accidents suffered on or near a fixed oil or gas platform, if the victim spends 30 percent or more of his time on a vessel.

Even if the facts involved in your claim indicate limited no-fault recovery under California worker's compensation law, you still might have a substantial Jones Act or maritime or admiralty law claim against a negligent third party whose conduct or failure to act played a direct role in the accident.

Our West Coast maritime legal experience and familiarity with offshore oil worker accident litigation give us the ability to investigate and present your claim in ways that would likely never occur to the conventional personal injury or worker's comp attorney.

Call or e-mail the Northern and Southern California offshore oil and gas personal injury lawyers at Banning Micklow & Bull, and discuss your situation with an attorney who knows just how to help you.

Banning Micklow & Bull - California Offshore Worker Injury Lawyers

One Market Street
Steuart Tower, Suite 1440
San Francisco, California 94105
Telephone: (415) 399-9191
Fax: (415) 399-9192

501 West Broadway, Suite 2090
San Diego, California 92101
Telephone: (619) 230-0030
Fax: (619) 230-1350

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California offshore worker injury attorneys Banning Micklow & Bull represent persons injured while working on or abandoning offshore oil and gas platforms, floating platforms or barges, service vessels, and aircraft off the California Coast in personal injury lawsuits, wrongful death claims, and insurance settlements, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Santa Monica, San Pedro, Oxnard, Hueneme, and anywhere else in the oil patch.