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Fitts Zehl LLP

2700 Post Oak Blvd
Suite 1120
Houston, Texas 77056
USA

(800) 520-8351

www.offshoreinjurylawyer.com

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At Fitts Zehl LLP, our experienced national Maritime Lawyers based on the Texas Gulf Coast aggressively work to get full compensation for injured offshore workers. With years of experience successfully fighting some of the largest maritime employers, both in and out of the courtroom, the maritime accident and Jones Act lawyers at Fitts Zehl have the knowledge it takes to win an offshore injury case.

When an employer refuses to adequately compensate an injured offshore worker, we battle in court. In the last year alone, our maritime attorneys have taken six cases to trial and won all of them.

Although offshore injuries are common, most can be prevented. Common causes of maritime injuries include poorly maintained equipment, untrained or careless crew members, careless operation of the vessel or an unseaworthiness vessel, and inadequate safety procedures. No matter how your injury happened, it’s important for you to contact an offshore injury attorney with experience in the Jones Act, the Longshoreman and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, the Death on the High Seas Act, and general maritime law.

In just the past three years alone, the trial lawyers at Fitts Zehl have successfully settled, and received verdicts in, hundreds of serious offshore accident cases, resolved over 100 cases against BP in connection with the 2005 Texas City Explosion, received the largest verdict ever awarded against Greyhound Bus Company, been hired by five (5) of the workers who were injured in the BP/Transocean Deepwater Horizon Rig Explosion in April 2010, been interviewed on Good Morning America, CNN and the Star Tribune, and provided legal commentary to The New York Times, the Houston Chronicle, the Washington Post, the Dallas Morning News, the International Herald Tribune and Forbes, among others.

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

The national offshore injury lawyers at Fitts Zehl, LLP, represent individuals who have been injured while working offshore:

- Maritime Law

Over the past 3 years alone, the Jones Act lawyers at Fitts Zehl have recovered a substantial amount in verdicts and settlements against some of the largest companies in the country, including BP, Transocean, Hercules, Oceaneering, Nobel and others. In addition, Fitts Zehl was one of the few firms that was repeatedly hired by workers who were tragically injured in some of the largest workplace accidents in the past 10 years, including the BP/Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion, the BP Texas City Explosion, the Imperial Sugar Refinery Explosion, and the International Paper Explosion.

- Jones Act

The Jones Act, originally called the Merchant Marine Act, was adopted in 1920 as a means of regulating maritime commerce on United States waters. This federal statute provides thorough protections for any individual who meets the definition of a “seaman”. In order to be covered by the law, you must: Spend at least 30% of your time, In the service of a particular vessel or fleet of vessels In navigable waters.

Affiliations

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Texas Trial Lawyers
Houston Bar
Houston Trial Lawyer Association

Attorneys

	Mr. Bryant Fitts Principal Attorney Admiralty and Maritime, Aviation Accidents, Litigation, Personal Injury, Real Estate		Mr. Kevin Haynes Attorney Admiralty and Maritime, Jones Act, Litigation
	Mr. Thomas Servos Attorney Admiralty and Maritime, Boating Accident, Commercial Ship Accident, Cruise Ship Accidents, Jones Act		Mr. Ryan Zehl Principal Attorney Admiralty and Maritime, Litigation, Personal Injury, Pharmaceutical Litigation