Once you have a San Diego Jones Act accident, you need to get you and your family's priorities straight. San Diego Jones Act Attorney Bill Turley teaches lawyers the law. Bill will help you arrive at the right decisions that may affect your family forever. From Medical treatment options (Cure) to how much your daily maintenance rate it to Jones Act Negligence and Unseawothiness - - you need to get your family's priorities straight. MEANING, BILL TEACHES LAWYERS THE LAW. YOUR FUTURE IS TO IMPORTANT, DON'T LEAVE YOU SAN DIEGO JONES ACT ACCIDENT UP TO A LAWYER THAT ISN'T A MARITIME LAWYER IN SAN DIEGO. ONCE YOU ARE INJURED, YOU NEED TO RECEIVE A MAINTENANCE RATE / MEDICAL TREATMENT (CURE) THAT IS FAIR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

SAN DIEGO JONES ACT ATTORNEY BILL TURLEY LAYS IT ALL OUT FOR YOU: FROM MEDICAL TREATMENT (CURE) TO MAINTENANCE TO JONES ACT NEGLIGENCE AND UNSEAWORTHINESS - - GETTING YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES PRIORITIES STRAIGHT

San Diego Jones Act Lawyer Bill Turley has been lecturing, teaching and writing about Jones Act cases for over 15 years.

Here some truths about seaman injuries in San Diego. First, the reason why you are entitled to Jones Act benefits is because you work at the "mercy of the vessel." Most workers in America can not sue their employer. If they are injured at work their "exclusive remedy" against their employer is usually extremely unfair workers compensation benefits. Unlike a worker that works at Walmart, if you (a seaman) encounter something unsafe at work, you just can't quit and go home. Instead, maritime law imposes the duty on you to work to complete your voyage or mission. Because of this, the law allows you to sue your employer.

After you are injured aboard a vessel or in the service of the vessel your first concern must be your health, safety and medical treatment. Nothing is more important than your health and safety. Oftentimes this means emergency medical treatment.

When you are injured in the service of the vessel, or during a voyage, your Jones Act employer has an obligation to provide you medical treatment until you reach maximum medical improvement. This is called "cure." It is very important that you chose a treating physician that is not a "company doctor." Generally we provide our client with a list of physicians and surgeons that they are free to conduct research and/or contact for availability. Your choice of physician is yours. We just help you narrow the list to the very best doctors in their respective fields. We know, at the end of the day, nothing is more important than you making the best medical recovery possible.

Of huge concern is your "maintenance rate." That is the daily rate of how much you will be paid while you are unfit for duty and not yet having reached "maximum medical improvement. This is often a battle. We are often times able to negotiate a higher daily maintenance rate. It is usually best to try and address this issue before maintenance is initially paid. However, we have been successful in raising maintenance rates at much later times also.


The last thing you want to do is for you and your family to "die on the vine." Meaning, you receive so little in maintenance that they suffer severe economic hardship. Oftentimes there are other avenues for temporary monies. We understand that all of these avenues must be explored for you and your family's economic survival.

After you have been released from treatment your attention can turn to your potential San Diego Jones Act negligence case and/or San Diego unseaworthiness case. Your lawyer should have been addressing these "liability" issues while you were treating for your injuries.


Oftentimes in vessel accidents it is a "race to the evidence." Meaning, insurance company investigators are probably working right now to get the witnesses to your accident to say things that are favorable to the company. These insurance investigators are pros at asking leading questions with double meanings that will be used against you later in court. The quicker your lawyer contacts the witnesses, the better these insurance company tricks can be nipped at the bud.





Additional Jones Act information:

What is a Jones Act case?
The Jones Act

Who is a Jones Act Seaman? (Seaman Status)

What is Jones Act Maintenance and Cure?
What is Maintenance under the Jones Act?

What is negligence under the Jones Act?
What do you have to prove in a Jones Act negligence claim?

What is unseaworthiness?
How does the law define unseaworthiness?
How do I prove the vessel was unseaworthy?

If you are a seriously injured Jones Act Seaman, how are you going to support your family?
Some Jones Act “truths”

Are you a Seaman with a Personal Injury Claim or the family of a Seaman with a Death Claim?




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