Report

Maritime Personal Injury in Louisiana - Unrepresented Seaman

 
It has been nearly 200 years since our Courts first recognized the special solitude afforded to seaman in the United States and the heavy burden cast upon
those who seek to enforce rights which they claim were contractually relinquished by a seaman through signing a release. The first and most famous rendition of this protection was given by Justice Story in 1823 when he wrote for the Court

- A Seaman is the Ward of the Court
- Unrepresented Seaman’s Claim Can Be Settled and How That Settlement Could Be Broken
- Representing Seaman With Executed Release
- Balancing Dispute Resolution With Seaman’s Rights
- Examining the Release
- Burden of Proof

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