Longshore Injury Claims

Our maritime injury law attorney, Tim Nies, represents Longshoremen injured at ports throughout the United States, from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale to Port of Savannah to the Port of Miami, and all other ports in the United States. Tim is skilled in litigation of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) claims before the United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the Office of Administrative Law Judges, as well as Defense Base Act claims under the Longshore Act.

Tim is known for tenaciously fighting for our maritime law firm’s clients and outworking the defense lawyers hired by the Longshore insurance carriers. Tim works hard top maximize his Longshoremen clients settlements.

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: Longshore Injury Claims

The Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) is a federally administered program providing wage compensation and medical benefits to workers who sustained

injuries, or contracted an occupational disease, while employed on a navigable waterway or the adjoining areas, such as adjoining piers, dry docks, and terminals, that is primarily involved in the loading, unloading, repairing, or building of a vessel. In the event of death, the Act provides for compensation benefits to be paid to the employee’s dependents.

Covered workers under the LHWCA, include any person engaged in maritime employment, including any longshoreman or other persons engaged in longshoring operations, and any harbor workers including ship repairmen, shipbuilders, and shipbreakers.

Working at a port or shipyard is dangerous work. If you are or know, a longshoreman or harbor worker who has been injured in any of the following ways while working in ports or shipyards, please call us for free legal advice.

Injuries Common to Longshoremen

• Back Injuries, such as herniated disks or fractured vertebrae
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Lumbar spine injuries
• Neck Injuries
• Shoulder Injuries
• Catastrophic Injuries
• Amputations
• Crush Injuries
• Chemical Injuries
• Hearing Loss
• Vision Loss
• Brain Injuries
• Hearing and Vision Loss
• Burns
• Injuries from Repetitive Use
• Aggravation of Previous Injuries
• Wrongful or Accidental Death

Longshore Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Worker’s compensation benefits provided by the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act include medical benefits, compensation, and death benefits for survivors of Longshoremen who have died from work-related injuries. Longshore Insurance companies’ playbook is to delay, deny, and defend when it comes to providing benefits. Tim does not delay in bringing these cases before the Department of Labor and then to the Office of Administrative Law Judges if the Longshore insurance companies do not do what they are supposed to do.

Our Longshore Law Team Outworks Longshore Insurance Company Lawyers

Our Florida Longshore attorney, Tim Nies, and his maritime paralegals take their job of representing injured Longshoremen very seriously. Longshore attorney Tim Nies, is an Army Ranger Veteran and a former lead insurance defense attorney, where he represented Fortune 500 companies and cruise lines. Tim has been an attorney since 2001 and a maritime injury attorney since 2008. From our law offices in Florida, we represent injured Longshoremen nationwide before the Department of Labor. Tim also represents contractors under the Defense Base Act.

From our law offices in Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, and Stuart, we represent injured Longshoremen nationwide, from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina to North Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland, New York, and California. Call our Longshore Lawyer Tim Nies for free day or night. Tim is known for being a lawyer warrior for his clients and is available for them day or night.

Call Tim day or night or schedule a free consultation at any of our maritime injury law offices below or contact Tim using the form below.