Blog Posts in February, 2012
Posted on Feb 28, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Rowan Companies operate out of Texas and provide oil well drilling services and rigs. They operate 24 offshore jack up rigs and 32 land based rigs, but have recently been focusing most heavily on ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Taking place in Virginia right now is a debate over new legislation that could limit the amount of workers' compensation benefits allotted to shipyard workers. If this bill gets approval from the ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Lawyer
In an ideal world, offshore operators would do everything in their power to insure the safety of their employees and the environment. But in reality, this is not the case. Many operations engage in ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
As a seaman, you no doubt spent a majority of your time on the deck. While this seems like it may be a safe area relative to other areas of the ship, there are plenty of circumstances that could cause ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Attorneys from Arnold & Itkin LLP Jason Itkin, Cory Itkin and Noah Wexler filed suit on behalf of a seaman who was injured while working on a natural gas platform in the Matagorda Island Block in ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Petrobras is Brazil's state-controlled oil producer, and recently it was forced to shut down its fifth most productive oil well because of a leak that was detected deep down in the Atlantic Ocean. ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By Texas Offshore Injury Attorney
Lloyd's Register, the global marine risk organization, held a meeting to discuss the benefits and possibility of storing LNG tanks on vessels safely. LNG stands for Liquefied Natural Gas and is ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
While at his offshore job site, a seaman suffered a serious injury to the foot after a 67-pound block fell 80 feet and landed onto his foot. As a result of the impact, the muscle and skin on his foot ...
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