{"id":1131,"date":"2022-02-23T16:04:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/jones-act-vs-longshoremans-act-vs-workers-compensation\/"},"modified":"2022-09-15T14:53:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T14:53:14","slug":"jones-act-vs-longshoremans-act-vs-workers-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/jones-act-vs-longshoremans-act-vs-workers-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jones Act vs. Longshoreman\u2019s Act vs. Worker\u2019s Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmmidsouth.com\/practice-areas\/jones-act\/\">Jones Act<\/a> vs. Longshoreman\u2019s Act vs. Worker\u2019s Compensation<\/p>\n<p>Workers in the maritime industry who get hurt on the job face a different process than land-based workers when it comes to getting compensation for their injuries. Let\u2019s take a closer look at the differences.<\/p>\n<p>Most land-based workers are covered through a state\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation system\u2014their employers pay for workers\u2019 comp insurance. When an employee is injured, the workers\u2019 comp pays for medical costs and disability. You simply need to show that you were injured during the course of your job, and it doesn\u2019t matter whether your employer was to blame.<\/p>\n<p>A different system, known as the Jones Act, covers workers who do at least 30% of their work on seafaring vessels. But unlike workers\u2019 comp, an injured worker must prove that someone else (their employer, a co-worker, etc.) was at least partly to blame for the accident. The Jones Act also allows injured workers to file a lawsuit for additional compensation, including loss of earnings, pain and suffering, and future medical bills resulting from the injury. In some cases, you can also sue for payments to cover rent, mortgage and food.<\/p>\n<p>Some maritime workers are covered under yet a different Act\u2014The Longshore and Harbor Workers\u2019 Compensation Act. This applies to workers who are considered maritime workers even though the work on land\u2014such as a dock worker, shipbuilder, etc. The Longshore Act is administered by the federal government and\u2014like workers\u2019 comp\u2014provides no-fault wage replacement and medical benefits.<\/p>\n<p>There are big differences among all three systems, and even the courts have had some difficulty determining who qualifies under which. So don\u2019t file the wrong claim! <a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmmidsouth.com\/about-the-cochran-firm-midsouth\/howard-manis\/\">Get expert advice and guidance<\/a> from the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmmidsouth.com\/\">The Cochran Firm Mid-South<\/a>. Call <a href=\"tel:901-523-1222\">901-523-1222<\/a> today for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jones Act vs. Longshoreman\u2019s Act vs. Worker\u2019s Compensation Workers in the maritime industry who get hurt on the job face a different process than land-based workers when it comes to getting compensation for their injuries. Let\u2019s take a closer look at the differences. Most land-based workers are covered through a state\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation system\u2014their employers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":1132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1622,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/1622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}